Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East
Subtitle: Social and Cultural Origins of Egypt's 'Urabi Movement
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: December 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9789774245183
Subjects: African history: from c 1900 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; c 1800 to c 1900; Middle East - General; History; Sociology; History: World; Egypt; Middle East; General; History / Middle East
First sentence: IN SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND the dissident and subaltern political currents that emerged in the late 1870s and during the Egyptian revolution of 1881-82, we must begin by considering what they were dissenting from.