Colonising Egypt / / Timothy Mitchell

• Autore: Mitchell Timothy <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 303.48/26204
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Middle East / General
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt Relations Europe; Europe Relations Egypt; Egypt Civilization 1798-
• Soggetto non controllato: agriculture; colonial power; colonial project; colonialism; disciplinary power; education; egypt; egyptian history; egyptian military; empire; europe; european cultures; imperialism; middle east; modern egyptian history; nonfiction; orientalism; political order; political power; political science; politics; post colonialism; reeducation; revenue; rural egypt; social control; social order; space theory; spectacle; surveillance; taxation; white mans burden; world exhibition
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Colonizing Egypt
• Titolo autorizzato: Colonising Egypt
• ISBN: 1-280-07899-5; 9786613520197; 0-520-91166-0; 0-585-11672-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455073503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II