Managing Egypt's Poor and the Politics of Benevolence, 1800-1952 /

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Annotation This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time. As Mine Ener tells their fascinating stories alongside those of reformers, tourists, politicians, and philanthropi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ener, Mine, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social policy.
Poverty.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Charities.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Aide au developpement economique regional > Égypte.
Pauvrete > Égypte > Histoire.
Economic assistance, Domestic > Egypt.
Charities > Egypt > History.
Poverty > Egypt > History.
Egypt.
Egypt > Social policy.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE: FINDING EGYPT'S POOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; I: Benevolence, Charity, and Philanthropy; II: Discerning between the Deserving and the Undeserving Poor; III: Among the Poor of Takiyyat Tulun; IV: The Spectacle of the Poor; V: The Future of the Nation; VI: Conclusion: From "the Poor" to "Poverty"; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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