Redefining the Egyptian Nation, 1930-1945

by Israel Gershoni, James P. Jankowski

Overview

The authors examine the emergence of nationalism among the Egyptian middle class during the l930s and l940s, and its growing awareness of an Arab and Muslim identity. The authors demonstrate how the growth of an urban middle class, combined with economic and political failures in the l930s, eroded the foundations of the earlier order. Egypt's present position as a major player in Arab, Muslim and Third World affairs has its roots in the fundamental transition of Egyptian national identity at this time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521475358
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/20/1995
Series:	Cambridge Middle East Studies , #2
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

1. The roots of supra-Egyptian nationalism in modern Egypt; Part I. The Intellectual Formulation and Social Dissemination of New Supra-Egyptian Orientations and Ideologies: 2. 'Now is the turn of the East': Egyptian Easternism in the 1930s; 3. 'The return of Islam': the new Islamic mood in Egypt; 4. Egyptian Islamic nationalism; 5. Integral Egyptian nationalism; 6. Egyptian Arab nationalism; Part II. Supra-Egyptianism in Egyptian Politics: 7. Egypt, Arab alliance, and Islamic Caliphate, 1936–1939; 8. Palestine, public opinion, and Egyptian policy, 1936–1939; 9. The road to the Arab League, 1939–1945; l0. Conclusion: from Egyptian territorial to supra-Egyptian nationalism.

Editorial Reviews

"...a sophisticated, massively researched, and remarkable original study of Egypt in the 1930's and early 1940's from which all students of modern history can benefit." American Historical Review

"...this is a very well written book, theoretically well-informed, with a distinguished conceptual clarity supported by empirical evidence." Digest of Middle East Studies

"Gershoni and Jankowski find gold in the periodicals and books of the time; through extensive reading, they succeed in providing, as they call it, "an essay in Egyptian self-understanding." Middle-East Quarterly

"...a useful work for anyone interested in the military history of the Middle East." The NYMAS Newsletter

"...this is a well-organized and coherently argued study." Briton C. Busch, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism

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