The age of the efendiyya : passages to modernity in national-colonial Egypt /
In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of 'modern men' emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revoluti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, England :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of 'modern men' emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191504006 0191504009 1306565693 9781306565691 9780191761591 0191761591 |