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A history of Egypt : from the Arab conquest to the present / Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot.
LIBRA DT95 .S29 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sayyid-Marsot, Afaf Lutfi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egypt--History--640-1882.
- Egypt.
- History.
- Egypt--History--1798-.
- Egypt--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- Egypt--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 184 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Egypt occupies a central position in the Arab world. Its borders between sand and sea have existed for millennia and yet, for centuries, until 1952, the country was ruled by foreigners, remote from its neighbours. Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot's book explores the paradoxes of Egypt's history in a new edition of her successful A Short History of Modern Egypt. Charting the years from the Arab conquest, through the age of the mamluks, Egypt's incorporation into the Ottoman Empire, the liberal experiment in constitutional government in the early twentieth century, followed by the Nasser and Sadat years, the new edition takes the story up to the present day. During the Mubarak era, Egyptians have seen major changes at home with the rise of globalization and its effects on their economy, the advent of new political parties, the entrenchment of Islamic fundamentalism and the consequent changing attitudes to women. The author explores these developments and what they have meant for the Egyptian people. This short history is ideal for students and for travellers visiting the region for the first time.
- Contents:
- 1 The Arab conquest of Egypt to the end of the Ayyubi dynasty, 639-1250 1
- 2 The age of the mamluks, 1250-1516 31
- 3 The Ottoman age, 1516-1805 48
- 4 The beginning of the state system, 1805-1922 65
- 5 The liberal experiment, 1922-52 98
- 6 The Nasser years, 1952-70 127
- 7 From Sadat to Mubarak, 1970 to the present day 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521877176
- 0521877172
- 9780521700764
- 0521700760
- OCLC:
- 77796026
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