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State, peasants, and land in mid-nineteenth-century Egypt /

"This book examines the rural history of Egypt during the middle years of the nineteenth century, a period that is often glossed over, or altogether forgotten. Drawing on a wide array of archival sources, some only rarely utilized by other scholars, it argues that state policy targeting the pea...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ghalwash, Maha Ahmad, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2023.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The land laws
  • Peasants and taxes
  • System of tax collection
  • Land tenure in peasant villages
  • Peasant women and inheritance of land
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: The distribution of land in the sample villages: distribution of land in alternative categories
  • Appendix B: The impact of the major tax codes on the four sample villages
  • Appendix C: Egyptian archival sources
  • Notes
  • Select bibliography-- Index.