Nurturing the nation : the family politics of modernizing, colonizing and liberating Egypt, 1805-1923 /

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Focusing on gender & the family, this text reconsiders the origins of Egyptian nationalism & the revolution of 1919 by linking social changes in class & household structure to the politics of engagement with British colonial rule.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pollard, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Families > Egypt.
Family policy > Egypt > Cross-cultural studies > History.
Familles > Égypte.
Politique familiale > Égypte > Études transculturelles > Histoire.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Reference.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Families
Family policy
Egypt > History > 19th century.
Egypt > History > 20th century.
Egypt
Égypte > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Égypte > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • My house and yours : Egyptian state servants and the new geography of nationalism
  • Inside Egypt : the harem, the hovel and the Western construction of an Egyptian national landscape
  • Domesticating Egypt : the gendered politics of the British occupation
  • The home, the classroom and the cultivation of Egyptian nationalism
  • Table talk : the home economics of nationhood
  • Reform on display : the family politics of the 1919 revolution
  • Conclusion : It's a girl! Gender and the birth of modern Egyptian nationalism.

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