Redefining the Egyptian Nation, 1930 1945

by Israel Gershoni and James P. Jankowski

Book Overview

The authors examine the emergence of nationalism among the Egyptian middle class during the 1930s and 1940s, and its growing awareness of an Arab and Muslim identity. Previously Egypt did not define itself in these terms, but adopted a territorial and isolationist outlook. It is the revolutionary transformation in Egyptian self-understanding which took place during this period that provides the focus of this study. The authors demonstrate how the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521523303
• ISBN13: 9780521523301
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"