Race and slavery in the Middle East : histories of trans-Saharan Africans in nineteenth-century Egypt, Sudan, and the Ottoman Mediterranean / / edited by Terence Walz and Kenneth M. Cuno

• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3620956
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - Middle East - History - 19th century; Enslaved persons - Middle East - Social conditions - 19th century; Black people - Middle East - History - 19th century; Black people - Middle East - Social conditions - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Race relations History 19th century
• Persona (resp. second.): WalzTerence; CunoKenneth M. <1950->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Note on Transliteration and Personal and Place Names; List of Maps and Illustrations; Preface and Acknowlogements; Introdution: Introduction: The Study of Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Egypt, Sudan and the Ottoman Mediterranean; 1. Muhammad Ali's First Army: The Experiment in Building an Entirely Slave Army; 2. Sudanese, Habasha, Takarna, and Barabira: Trans-Saharan Africans in Cairo as Shown in the 1848 Census; 3. African Slaves in Nineteenth-Century Rural Egypt: A Preliminary Assessment ; 4. "My Ninth Master was a European": Enslaved Blacks in European Households in Egypt, 1798-18485. Magic, Theft, and Arson: The Life and Death of an Enslaved African Woman in Ottoman İzmit; 6. Slavery and Social Life in Nineteenth-Century Turco-Egyptian Khartoum; 7. Enslaved and Emancipated Africans on Crete; 8. Black, Kinless, and Hungry: Manumitted Female Slaves in Khedival Egypt; 9. Slaves or Siblings? Abdallah al-Nadim's Dialogues about the Family; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations, yet relatively little is known about them. Studies have focused mainly on the mamluk and harem slaves of elite households, who were mostly white, and on abolitionist efforts to end the slave trade, and most have relied heavily on western language sources. In the past forty years new sources have become available, ranging from Egyptian religious and civil court and police records to rediscovered archives and accounts in western archives and librarie
• Titolo autorizzato: Race and slavery in the Middle East
• ISBN: 1-61797-022-0; 1-61797-490-0; 1-61797-379-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789496103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II