Desert borderland : the making of modern Egypt and Libya /

'Desert Borderland' investigates the historical processes that transformed political identity in the easternmost reaches of the Sahara Desert in the half century before World War I. Adopting a view from the margins - illuminating the little-known history of the Egyptian-Libyan borderland -...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ellis, Matthew H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Territory, National > Egypt > History.
Territory, National > Libya > History.
Borderlands > Egypt > History.
Territoire national > Égypte > Histoire.
Territoire national > Libye > Histoire.
Régions frontalières > Égypte > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
Borderlands.
Boundaries.
Politics and government.
Territory, National.
Egypt > Boundaries > Libya > History.
Libya > Boundaries > Egypt > History.
Egypt > Politics and government > 19th century.
Égypte > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Egypt.
Libya.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : rethinking territorial Egypt
  • Legal exceptionalism in Egypt's borderlands
  • Accommodating Egyptian sovereignty in Siwa
  • Abbas Hilmi II and the anatomy of a Siwan murder
  • Cultivating territorial sovereignty in the western desert
  • The limits of Ottoman sovereignty in the eastern Sahara
  • The emergence of Egypt's western border conflict
  • Conclusion : unsettling the Egyptian-Libyan border.

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