Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs: The Search for Egyptian Nationhood, 1900-1930

by Israel Gershoni and James P. Jankowski

Book Overview

Throughout the 20th century, Egyptian nationalism has alternately revolved around three primary axes: a local Egyptian territorial nationalism, a sense of Arab ethnic-linguistic nationalism, and an identification with the wider Muslim community. This detailed study is devoted to the first major phase in the perennial debate over nationalism in modern Egypt--the territorial nationalism dominant in Egypt in the early 20th century. The first section...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195040961
• ISBN13: 9780195040968
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"