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Translate and Rule : Justice, Arabic Literature, and the Colonial Archive.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott Deuchar, Hannah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic literature.
- Law and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Over the decades of the nineteenth century, Egypt changed dramatically, from a minor Ottoman province to a major player in global markets and a de facto British colonial territory.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Introduction
- One. Terms of Exchange: How Justice Became Translational
- Two. Loan Words: The Making and Remaking of Egypt's Legal Codes
- Three. Language on Trial: Adab and the Law
- Four. British Justice: Translation in the Archive
- Five. Beyond Justice: The Archive and the Novel
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-5036-4701-3
- OCLC:
- 1590084916
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