The Cambridge History of Egypt

by M. W. Daly

Overview

Volume 2 traces Egypt's modern history from the Ottoman conquest to the present day. Its conclusions reflect the work of older scholarship and indicate present trends and future directions in the historiography of Egypt. The volume's integrated coverage will make it an ideal reference tool for students, scholars and general readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521068840
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/10/2008
Series:	The Cambridge History of Egypt
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

1. Ottoman Egypt, 1525–1609 Michael Winter; 2. Egypt in the seventeenth century Jane Hathaway; 3. Egypt in the eighteenth century Daniel Crecelius; 4. Culture in Ottoman Egypt Nell Hanna; 5. The French occupation of Egypt, 1798–1801 Daniel Dykstra; 6. The era of Mehmed Ali Pasha, 1805–48 Khaled Fahmy; 7. Egypt under the successors of Muhammad Ali F. Robert Hunter; 8. The Egyptian empire, 1805–85 Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim; 9. The Urabi revolution and the British conquest, 1879–82 Donald Malcolm Reid; 10. The British occupation, 1882–1922 M. W. Daly; 11. Social and economic change in the 'long nineteenth century' Ehud Toledano; 12. Egypt's liberal age Selma Botman; 13. Egypt: society and economy, 1923–52 Joel Beinin; 14. Republican Egypt interpreted: revolution and beyond Alain Roussillon; 15. Modern Egyptian culture in the Arab world Paul Starkey.

Editorial Reviews

"It is a pleasure to crack the pages of The Cambridge History of Egypt, a new, long-ovedue enterprise in a venerable series." The Historian

"...an exceedingly valuable, comprehensive, and readable source for serious students and faculty interested in greater depth, more recent scholarship, and bibliographic reference." Choice

"...a compilation that will surely rank as a standard work in the literature." Journal of Palestine Studies

"...Petrie, Daly, and their many authors do an excellent job of offering a traditional history (dates and kings, culture and economics)..." Middle East Quarterly

"...a valuable book." James Janowski, American Historical Review

"It is a pleasure to crack the pages of The Cambridge History of Egypt, a new, long-overdue enterprise in a venerable series." Virginia H. Aksan, Historian

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