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UNINA9910455073503321 |
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Autore |
Mitchell Timothy <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Colonising Egypt / / Timothy Mitchell |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1991 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-07899-5 |
9786613520197 |
0-520-91166-0 |
0-585-11672-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Egypt History |
Egypt Relations Europe |
Europe Relations Egypt |
Egypt Civilization 1798- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-213) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Egypt at the exhibition -- Chapter 3. An appearance of order -- Chapter 4. After we have captured their bodies -- Chapter 5. The machinery of truth -- Chapter 6. The philosophy of the thing -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt. |
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