![]() | Everyday Life and Consumer Culture in Eighteenth-Century Damascus Subjects: Damascus (Syria) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; Damascus (Syria) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; Consumers -- Syria -- Damascus -- History -- 18th century; Damascus was for centuries a center of learning and commerce. Drawing on the city's dazzling literary tradition-a rich collection of poetry, chronicles, travel accounts, and biographical dictionaries-as well as on Islamic court records, James Grehan explores the material culture of premodern Damascus, reconstructing the economic infrastructure, social customs, and private consumer habits that dominated this cosmopolitan hub in the 1700s. He sketches a lively history of diet, furniture, fashion, and other aspects of daily life, providing an unusual and intimate account of the choices, constraints, and compromises that defined consumer behavior. James Grehan is assistant professor of history at Portland State University. |
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