Transitions in Domestic Consumption and Family Life in the Modern Middle East
Subtitle: Houses in Motion
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781403961891
Subjects: Cultural studies; Family & relationships; Social & cultural anthropology; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; Economics - Macroeconomics; Business / Economics / Finance; Middle East; Households; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; Consumption (Economics); Congresses; Family; History
First sentence: In the early nineteenth century, as Egyptian viceroy Muhammad Ali (r. 1805-1848) undertook the project of transforming the Egyptian state from confederation-based politics to a nation-state governed by a royal family, a set of images began to circulate amongst upper-class, learned Egyptians about the relationship between the domestic behavior of the Egyptian ruling elite and the ability of the nation-state to function.