Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs

The Search for Egyptian Nationhood 1900-1930

Israel Gershoni author James P Jankowski author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:30th Apr '87

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Throughout the 20th century, Egyptian nationalism has alternately revolved around three primary axes: a local Egyptian territorial nationalism, a sense of Arab ethnic-linguistic nationalism, and an identification with the wider Muslim community. This detailed study is devoted to the first major phase in the perennial debate over nationalism in modern Egypt--the territorial nationalism dominant in Egypt in the early 20th century. The first section of the book examines the effects of World War I and its aftermath, which temporarily gave rise to an exclusively Egyptianist national orientation in Egypt. Subsequent sections consider the intellectual and political dimensions of Egyptian interwar years. Egypt, Islam and the Arabs is the first volume in a new Oxford series, Studies in Middle Eastern History. The General Editors of the series are Bernard Lewis of Princeton University, Itamar Rabinovich of Tel Aviv University, and Roger M. Savory of the University of Toronto.

'The literature on Egyptian nationalism is already copious, but this volume - is a valuable and challenging contribution to it.' The International History Review
`a valuable and challenging contribution' R.M. Burrell, School of Oriental & African Studies, London, International Affairs

ISBN: 9780195040968

Dimensions: 243mm x 164mm x 30mm

Weight: 733g

364 pages