Egypt : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Helen Chapin Metz.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Metz, Helen Chapin, 1928-2011.

Library of Congress. Federal Research Division.

Series:

Area handbook series

DA pam ; 550-43.

Area handbook series, 1057-5294

DA pam ; 550-43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 428 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Division : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1991.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

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Contents:

Ancient Egypt. The Predynastic Period and the First and Second Dynasties, 6000-2686 B.C. ; The Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and Second Intermediate Period, 2686 to 1552 B.C. ; Pyramid building in the Old and Middle Kingdoms ; The New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, 1552-664 B.C. ; Art and architecture in the New Kingdom ; The Cult of the Sun God and Akhenaten's monotheism ; The Late Period, 664-323 B.C.

Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt, 332 B.C.-A.D. 642. The Alexandrian conquest ; The Ptolemaic period ; Egypt under Rome and Byzantium, 30 B.C.-A.D. 640

Medieval Egypt. The Arab conquest, 639-41 ; The Tulinids, Ikhshidids, Fatimids, and Ayyubids, 868-1260 ; The Mamluks, 1250-1517

Egypt under the Ottoman Empire

Modern Egypt. The Neo-Mamluk Beylicate, 1760-98 ; The French invasion and occupation, 1798-1801 ; Muhammad Ali, 1805-48 ; Abbas Hilmi I, 1848-54 and Said, 1854-63 ; Social change in the nineteenth century

From autonomy to occupation: Ismail, Tawfiq, and the Urabi Revolt. Khedive Ismail, 1863-79 ; From invention to occupation, 1876-82

From occupation to nominal independence. The occupiers ; Economy and society under occupation ; Egypt under the protectorate and the 1919 revolution

The era of liberal constitutionalism and party politics. The rise and decline of the Wafd, 1924-39 ; Egypt during the war, 1939-45 ; On the threshold of revolution, 1945-52 ; The revolution and the early years of the new government, 1952-56 ; Egypt and the Arab world ; Nasser and Arab socialism ; Egypt, the Arabs, and Israel ; The war with Israel, 1967

The aftermath of the war. Internal relations ; External relations ; Nasser's legacy ; Sadat takes over, 1970-73 ; October 1973 war ; Political developments, 1971-78 ; Egypt's new direction ; Peace with Israel ; The aftermath of Camp David and the assassination of Sadat

Mubarak and the middle way

Geography. Physical size and borders ; Natural regions ; Climate

Population. Population control policies ; Major cities ; Emigration ; Minorities

Social organizations. Urban society ; Rural society

Family and kinship. Importance of kinship ; Attitudes toward women ; Changing status of women

Religion. Islam ; Coptic church ; Other religious minorities

Education

Health and welfare

Structure, growth, and development of the economy. Infrastructure ; Transportation ; Communications

The role of government. Mubarak's gradualism? ; Development and planning ; Pricing and subsidy ; Exchange rates ; Public finance ; Banking, credit, and inflation

Labor. Employment ; Wages

Agriculture. The food gap ; Land ownership and reform ; Land reclamation and loss ; Pricing policy ; Cropping patters, production, and yield ; Technology

Energy, mining, and manufacturing

Foreign trade. Exports ; Imports ; Trade partners

Balance of payments and main sources of foreign exchange. Petroleum ; Suez Canal ; Remittances ; Tourism ; Current account balance ; Capital account and capital grants ; Direct foreign investment ; loans

Debt and restructuring

The dominant executive and the power elite. The presidency ; The president and the power elite ; The Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, and the policy-making process ; The road to power: recruitment and composition of the elite ; Elite ideology ; Politics among elites ; The bureaucracy and policy implementation ; Local government

The subordinate branches: the regime and its constituency. Parliament ; The judiciary, civil rights, and the rule of law ; The political role of the media ; Interest groups

Controlling the mass political arena. The "dominant party" system ; The limits of incorporation: The rise of political Islam and the continuing role of repression

Foreign policy. The determinants of foreign policy ; Foreign policy decision making ; The development of foreign policy

Military heritage. The Egyptian military in World War II ; First Arab-Israeli War ; The 1956 War ; The June 1967 War ; War of Attrition and the October 1973 War

Security concerns and strategic perspectives

The military in national life

The armed forces. Army ; Air Force ; Navy ; Air defense force ; Traing and education ; Conscription amd reserves ; Conditions of service Defense spending ; Military justice ; Uniforms and insignia

Armed forces production. Production of civilian goods ; Defense industry

Foreign military assistance

Internal security. Muslim extremism ; Leftist organizations ; Police ; Intelligence services

Crime and punishment. The judicial system ; Incidence of crime ; Drug trafficking ; The penal system.

Notes:

Previous ed. has statement of responsibility: Foreign Area Studies, the American University ; edited by Richard F. Nyrop.

"Research completed December 1990."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-391) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Egypt.

OCLC:

555663392

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