Vintage Alexandria: Photographs of the City, 1860 to 1960

by Michael Haag

Using vintage photographs from the second half of the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth, many of them from private family albums, this book brings to life the world of that vanished Alexandria, a vibrant, stylish, and cosmopolitan city, the largest port in the Mediterranean, that was the prosperous gateway between Egypt and the world. Seen here in the setting of their homes and gardens, and on the city's streets and beaches, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774161920
• ISBN13: 9789774161926
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.2" x 10.1"