The cotton plantation remembered : an Egyptian family story /

"Cotton made the fortune of the Fuuda family, Egyptian landed gentry with peasant origins, during the second part of the nineteenth century. This story, narrated and photographed by a family member who has researched and documented various aspects of her own history, goes well beyond the family...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abaza, Mona (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo : American University In Cairo Press, 2013.
Temas:
Abāẓah family.
Abāẓah family
Cotton plantation workers > Egypt.
Agriculture > Egypt > History.
Travailleurs des plantations de coton > Égypte.
Agriculture > Égypte > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Agriculture
Cotton plantation workers
Manners and customs
Egypt > Social life and customs.
Égypte > Mœurs et coutumes.
Egypt
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Therapeutic photography
  • 2. In the beginning there was cotton
  • 3. Aʻyans, ʻumdas : getting down to wealth
  • 4. The organization of labor
  • 5. Violence and banditry
  • 6. The vanished ʻizba : an ʻashwaʼiya is born
  • Postscript : after January 25, 2011.

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