Book contents
- A History of Jeddah
- A History of Jeddah
- Copyright page
- Maps
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Terminology
- 1 Introduction: Why Jeddah
- 2 Between Sea and Land: Jeddah through the Ages
- 3 The Changing Faces of Jeddah
- 4 The Changing Urban Space of Jeddah
- 5 Solidarity and Competition: The Socio-Cultural Foundations of Life in Jeddah
- 6 The Economic Lifelines of Jeddah: Trade and Pilgrimage
- 7 Governing and Regulating Diversity: Urban Government in Jeddah
- 8 The Disappearance and Return of Old Jeddah: On the Temporality of Translocal Relations
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Introduction: Why Jeddah
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2020
- A History of Jeddah
- A History of Jeddah
- Copyright page
- Maps
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Terminology
- 1 Introduction: Why Jeddah
- 2 Between Sea and Land: Jeddah through the Ages
- 3 The Changing Faces of Jeddah
- 4 The Changing Urban Space of Jeddah
- 5 Solidarity and Competition: The Socio-Cultural Foundations of Life in Jeddah
- 6 The Economic Lifelines of Jeddah: Trade and Pilgrimage
- 7 Governing and Regulating Diversity: Urban Government in Jeddah
- 8 The Disappearance and Return of Old Jeddah: On the Temporality of Translocal Relations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the topic, theoretical approach, and sources used to write the present history of Jeddah. The local perception of Jeddah as ‘different’ in a Saudi Arabian context serves as the point of departure for this undertaking. Building on the local view of a city hospitable to Muslim pilgrims, a number of practices are discerned which allow the characterisation of Jeddah as a cosmopolitan city with a distinct set of convivial practices. These will be explored throughout the book using a broad range of Arabic, Ottoman, and foreign sources, produced both by governments and individuals. These also include travelogues and local histories as well as material dealing with local traditions.
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- A History of JeddahThe Gate to Mecca in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, pp. 1 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020