Publics, Peasants, and Islam in Egypt
by
Michael Ezekiel Gasper
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008
The Power of Representation traces the emergence of modern Egyptian national identity from the mid-1870s through the 1910s. During this period, a new class of Egyptian urban intellectuals—teachers, lawyers, engineers, clerks, accountants, and journalists—came into prominence. Adapting modern ideas...