State, peasants, and land in mid-nineteenth-century Egypt /

This book examines the rural history of Egypt during the middle years of the nineteenth century, a period that is often glossed over, or altogether forgotten. Drawing on a wide array of archival sources, some only rarely utilized by other scholars, it argues that state policy targeting the peasant l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghalwash, Maha Ahmad, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Land Laws
  • Peasants and Taxes
  • System of Tax Collection
  • Land Tenure in Peasant Villages
  • Peasant Women and Inheritance of Land.