Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs : the search for Egyptian nationhood, 1900-1930 / by Israel Gershoni and James P. Jankowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gershoni, I.

Contributor:

Jankowski, James P., 1937-

Series:

Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)

Studies in Middle Eastern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Egypt.

Nationalism.

Relations.

Egypt.

Egypt--Politics and government--1882-1952.

Politics and government.

Egypt--Relations--Arab countries.

Arab countries.

Arab countries--Relations--Egypt.

Physical Description:

xvi, 346 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Summary:

Throughout the 20th century, Egyptian nationalism has alternately revolved around three primary axes: a local Egyptian territorial nationalism, a sense of Arab ethnic-linguistic nationalism, and an identification with the wider Muslim community. This detailed study is devoted to the first major phase in the perennial debate over nationalism in modern Egypt--the territorial nationalism dominant in Egypt in the early 20th century. The first section of the book examines the effects of World War I and its aftermath, which temporarily gave rise to an exclusively Egyptianist national orientation in Egypt. Subsequent sections consider the intellectual and political dimensions of Egyptian interwar years. Egypt, Islam and the Arabs is the first volume in a new Oxford series, Studies in Middle Eastern History. The General Editors of the series are Bernard Lewis of Princeton University, Itamar Rabinovich of Tel Aviv University, and Roger M. Savory of the University of Toronto.

Notes:

"In cooperation with the Dayan Center and the Shiloah Institute for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University."

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 326-335.

ISBN:

0195040961

OCLC:

13329292