Egypt on the brink [[electronic resource] ] : from the rise of Nasser to the fall of Mubarak / / Tarek Osman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452571503321
• Autore: Osman Tarek
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0-300-18176-0; 1-283-70007-7; 0-300-16564-1
• Edizione: [Rev. ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 pages)
• Disciplina: 962.05
• Soggetti: HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt); Electronic books.; Egypt History 1952-1970; Egypt Politics and government 1952-1970; Egypt History 1970-1981; Egypt Politics and government 1970-1981; Egypt History 1981-2011; Egypt Politics and government 1981-; Egypt Social conditions 1952-1970; Egypt Social conditions 1970-1981; Egypt Social conditions 1981-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-300) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: Egypt's World -- CHAPTER 2: Nasser and Arab Nationalism -- CHAPTER 3: The Islamists -- CHAPTER 4: The Rise of Liberal Capitalism -- CHAPTER 5: Egyptian Christians -- CHAPTER 6: The Mubarak Years -- CHAPTER 7: Young Egyptians -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Famous until the 1950's for its religious pluralism and extraordinary cultural heritage, Egypt is now seen as an increasingly repressive and divided land, home of the Muslim Brotherhood and an opaque regime ; headed by the aging President Mubarak. In this immensely readable and thoroughly researched book, Tarek Osman explores what has happened to the biggest Arab nation since President Nasser took control of the country in 1954. He examines Egypt's central role in the development of the two crucial movements of the period, Arab nationalism and radical Islam; the increasingly contentious relationship between Muslims and Christians; and perhaps most important of all, the rift between the cosmopolitan elite and the mass of the undereducated and underemployed population, more than half of whom are aged under thirty. This is an essential guide to one of the Middle East's most important but least understood states.