The large landowning class and the peasantry in Egypt, 1837-1952 / Raouf Abbas and Assem El-Dessouky ; translated by Amer Mohsen with Mona Zikri ; edited by Peter Gran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥāmid, Raʼūf ʻAbbās.

Contributor:

Dasūqī, ʻĀṣim.

Series:

Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms

Beyond dominant paradigms in the Middle East

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Landowners--Egypt--History--19th century.

Landowners.

Landowners--Egypt--History--20th century.

Peasants--Egypt--History--19 century.

Peasants.

Peasants--Egypt--History--20th century.

Land tenure--Egypt--History--19th century.

Land tenure.

Land tenure--Egypt--History--20th century.

History.

Egypt--Economic conditions.

Egypt.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xix, 293 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

Translated from Arabic.

Summary:

Social historians of modern Egypt Abbas (1939-2008) and El-Dessouky (emeritus, Helwan U.) wrote two books during the 1970s that drew empirically from sources at the Egyptian National Archive that had not been used for scholarship before. The two have been combined for this translation and edition. Among their topics are the development of capitalist landownership in Egypt, the main components of the large landholding class, the relations of production in the countryside, and the large landowners and the social question. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 The Development of Capitalist Landownership in Egypt 1

2 The Formation and Growth of the Large Landholding Class 15

3 The Main Components of the Large Landholding Class 55

4 The Large Landholders' Economic Activities 84

5 The Relations of Production in the Countryside 108

6 The Large Landowners and Politics 141

7 The Large Landowners and the Social Question 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editor's introduction -- Authors' introduction -- The development of capitalist landownership in Egypt -- The formation and growth of the large landholding class -- The main components of the large landholding class -- The large landholders' economic activities -- The relations of production in the countryside -- The large landowners and politics -- The large landowners and the social question -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9780815632870

0815632878

OCLC:

713189560