LEADER 04281nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910463035703321 005 20211022214908.0 010 $a0-520-95653-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520956537 035 $a(CKB)2670000000389959 035 $a(EBL)1210939 035 $a(OCoLC)852158506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000918225 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12401878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918225 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10908562 035 $a(PQKB)11560745 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001535204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1210939 035 $a(OCoLC)966879823 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52223 035 $a(DE-B1597)520359 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520956537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1210939 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10729550 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL502190 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000389959 100 $a20130215d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImagined empires$b[electronic resource] $ea history of revolt in Egypt /$fZeinab Abul-Magd 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27553-5 311 0 $a0-520-27552-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Imagined Empires, Real Rebels --$t1. Ottomans, Plague, and Rebellion (1500-1800) --$t2. The French, Plague Encore, and Jihad (1798-1801) --$t3. The Pasha's Settlers, Bulls, and Bandits (1805-1848) --$t4. A "Communist" Revolution (1848-1882) --$t5. Rebellion in the Time of Cholera (1882-1950) --$tEpilogue: America-The Last Imagined Empire? --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tArt Credits --$tIndex 330 $aThrough 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. 606 $aPeasants$xPolitical activity$zEgypt$xHistory 606 $aWorking class$xPolitical activity$zEgypt$xHistory 606 $aGovernment, Resistance to$zEgypt$xHistory 606 $aRevolutions$zEgypt$xHistory 606 $aImperialism$xHistory 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zEgypt$xHistory 607 $aEgypt$xPolitics and government 607 $aEgypt$xColonial influence 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPeasants$xPolitical activity$xHistory. 615 0$aWorking class$xPolitical activity$xHistory. 615 0$aGovernment, Resistance to$xHistory. 615 0$aRevolutions$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory. 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory. 676 $a962/.3 700 $aAbul-Magd$b Zeinab$f1976-$01036019 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463035703321 996 $aImagined empires$92456101 997 $aUNINA