Women in Nineteenth-Century Egypt (Cambridge Middle East Library)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780521314206
Subjects: Social history; Women's studies; World history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1800 to c 1900; Sociology; Gender Studies; Social Science; Egypt; Women; Feminism & Feminist Theory; History / Middle East; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science-Gender Studies; Women--Egypt--Social conditions; Women--Egypt--Social conditions Women--Egypt-; Economic conditions; Social conditions
First sentence: Throughout the nineteenth century, Egypt remained a predominantly agrarian society: most of the country's wealth was produced, and the majority of its people lived, in the countryside.