1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463035703321

Autore

Abul-Magd Zeinab <1976->

Titolo

Imagined empires [[electronic resource] ] : a history of revolt in Egypt  / / Zeinab Abul-Magd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013

ISBN

0-520-95653-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

962/.3

Soggetti

Peasants - Political activity - Egypt - History

Working class - Political activity - Egypt - History

Government, Resistance to - Egypt - History

Revolutions - Egypt - History

Imperialism - History

Elite (Social sciences) - Egypt - History

Electronic books.

Egypt Politics and government

Egypt Colonial influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Imagined Empires, Real Rebels -- 1. Ottomans, Plague, and Rebellion (1500-1800) -- 2. The French, Plague Encore, and Jihad (1798-1801) -- 3. The Pasha's Settlers, Bulls, and Bandits (1805-1848) -- 4. A "Communist" Revolution (1848-1882) -- 5. Rebellion in the Time of Cholera (1882-1950) -- Epilogue: America-The Last Imagined Empire? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Art Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the last five centuries. Imagined Empires charts modes of subaltern rebellion against the destructive policies of colonial intruders and collaborating local elites in the south of Egypt. Abul-Magd vividly narrates stories of sabotage, banditry, flight, and massive uprisings of peasants and laborers, to challenge myths of imperial



competence. The book depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. As the book deconstructs myths about early modern and modern world hegemons, it reveals that imperial modernity and its market economy altered existing systems of landownership, irrigation, and trade- leading to such destructive occurrences as the plague and cholera epidemics. The book also deconstructs myths in Egyptian historiography, highlighting the problems of a Cairo-centered idea of the Egyptian nation-state. The book covers the Ottoman, French, Muhammad Ali's, and the British informal and formal empires. It alludes to the U.S. and its failed market economy in Upper Egypt, which partially resulted in Qina's participation in the 2011 revolution. Imagined Empires is a timely addition to Middle Eastern and world history.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910431346303321

Autore

Ellis Ben

Titolo

Being Feared : The Micro-Dynamics of Fear and Insecurity / / by Ben Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030615451

3030615456

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 155 p. 1 illus.)

Disciplina

809.3872

362.88

Soggetti

Victims of crimes

Emotions

Crime - Sociological aspects

Criminology

Critical criminology

Criminal behavior

Victimology

Emotion

Crime and Society

Crime Control and Security

Critical Criminology

Criminal Behavior



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. An Object of Fear: Setting the Scene for Being Feared -- Chapter Three. Pillars of Fear: Purposeful Fear -- Chapter Four. Pillars of Fear: Accidental Fear -- Chapter Five. Pillars of Fear: Alleviating Fear -- Chapter Six. Pillars of Fear: Competent Fear -- Chapter Seven. Being Feared: The Importance of Context.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an alternative approach to understanding fear and crime by examining those who are feared or who cause fear to others, as opposed to those who are fearful of crime. The existing research into the fearful and the fear of crime offers little insight into this particular experience and so this book represents a missing link in our understanding of how fear of crime is understood by all of those that experience it. It draws on some powerful interviews with juveniles, police officers, soldiers, muscular gym-goers and bouncers/doormen who can be interpreted as being feared. This book focuses on the perceptions, emotions and ensuing actions of those who are perceived as a threat to security by others. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perception of fear in interactions, how this is recognised within an encounter, how these perceptions are attributed and reacted upon, how these experiences relate to particular situations, and how they arestructured in ongoing life experiences. It suggests 'pillars' of fear.