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Redefining the Egyptian Nation, 1930-1945

By Israel Gershoni , James P. Jankowski

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
052147535X, 9780521475358
LCC
DT107.82 .G43 1995
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
134 MB (140969993 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Middle East Studies
Pages
300\150
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The authors examine the emergence of nationalism among the Egyptian middle class during the l930s and l940s, and its growing awareness of an Arab and Muslim identity. The authors demonstrate how the growth of an urban middle class, combined with economic and political failures in the l930s, eroded the foundations of the earlier order. Egypt's present position as a major player in Arab, Muslim and Third World affairs has its roots in the fundamental transition of Egyptian national identity at this time.

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