The striking cabbies of Cairo and other stories : crafts and guilds in Egypt, 1863-1914 / John T. Chalcraft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chalcraft, John T., 1970-

Series:

SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guilds--Egypt--History.

Guilds.

Handicraft--Egypt--History.

Handicraft.

Strikes and lockouts--Egypt--History.

Strikes and lockouts.

Egypt--Economic conditions.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book charts new directions in Egyptian social history, providing the first systematic account of adaptation and protest among crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a wealth of new sources, John T. Chalcraft challenges conventional notions of craft stagnation and decline by recovering the largely unknown histories of crafts workers' restructuring in the face of world economic integration, and their petitions, demonstrations, and strike-action at a time of state-building and colonial rule. Chalcraft demonstrates the economic importance of petty producers and service providers, and tells the story of widespread collective assertion couched in new discourses of citizenship and nationalism. He also gives a new interpretation of the end of the guilds in Egypt and addresses larger debates about unevenness under capitalism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Crafts and Guilds before 1863

Restructuring after the Cotton Boom

Petitions and Protests under Isma’il

Restructuring under Colonial Rule

Strikes and Protests under Colonial Rule

Conclusion

A Boatman’s Petition

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-273) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484814

0791484815

9781423740216

1423740211

OCLC:

62751497