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UNINA9910821463603321 |
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Titolo |
An incurable past : Nasser's Egypt then and now / / Mériam N. Belli |
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Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-8130-4623-8 |
0-8130-4504-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Egypt History 1952-1970 |
Egypt Politics and government 1952-1970 |
Egypt Social conditions 1952-1970 |
Port Said (Egypt) History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: This incurable otherness -- Part I: Retelling Salah al-Din : the future is everything -- 1. Farouk is gone, long live the revolution -- 2. The new order -- Part II: Burn, Edmund, burn : the present is everything -- 3. When Edmund Allenby became al-Limby -- 4. Port Said, martyr city -- 5. The end of history -- Part III: St. Mary, mother of Egypt : the past is everything -- 6. The science of miracles -- 7. Globalizing the virgin, nationalizing religion -- Conclusion: "What revolution?". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A look at the interplay between human experience and its cultural representations in mid-twentieth-century Egypt. |
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