A Different Shade of Colonialism: Egypt, Great Britain, and the Mastery of the Sudan / Edition 1

by Eve Troutt Powell

Overview

This incisive study adds a new dimension to discussions of Egypt's nationalist response to the phenomenon of colonialism as well as to discussions of colonialism and nationalism in general. Eve M. Troutt Powell challenges many accepted tenets of the binary relationship between European empires and non-European colonies by examining the triangle of colonialism marked by Great Britain, Egypt, and the Sudan. She demonstrates how central the issue of the Sudan was to Egyptian nationalism and highlights the deep ambivalence in Egyptian attitudes toward empire and the resulting ambiguities and paradoxes that were an essential component of the nationalist movement. A Different Shade of Colonialism enriches our understanding of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Egyptian attitudes toward slavery and race and expands our perspective of the "colonized colonizer."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520233171
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	05/29/2003
Series:	Colonialisms , #2
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	1540L (what's this?)

About the Author

Eve M. Troutt Powell is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Georgia.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Journeys from the Fantastic to the Colonial
2. Black Servants and Saviors: The Domestic Empire of Egypt
3. The Lived Experience of Contradiction: Ibrahm Fawz’s Narrative of the Sudan
4. The Tools of the Master: Slavery, Family, and the Unity of the Nile Valley
5. Egyptians in Blackface: Revolution and Popular Culture, World War 1 to 1925
Conclusion

Notes
Works Cited
Index

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From the Publisher

"An absorbing, important book. . . . Should stimulate reconsideration of the ambiguous role of colonial intermediaries."—
Intl Journal of Middle East Stds (Ijmes)

Editorial Reviews

An absorbing, important book. . . . Should stimulate reconsideration of the ambiguous role of colonial intermediaries.

Intl Journal Of Middle East Stds (Ijmes)