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Egypt on the brink : from the rise of Nasser to the fall of Mubarak / / Tarek Osman



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Autore: Osman Tarek Visualizza persona
Titolo: Egypt on the brink : from the rise of Nasser to the fall of Mubarak / / Tarek Osman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2011
Edizione: Rev. ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 pages)
Disciplina: 962.05
Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt)
Soggetto geografico: Egypt History 1952-1970
Egypt Politics and government 1952-1970
Egypt History 1970-1981
Egypt Politics and government 1970-1981
Egypt History 1981-2011
Egypt Politics and government 1981-
Egypt Social conditions 1952-1970
Egypt Social conditions 1970-1981
Egypt Social conditions 1981-
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-300) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: Egypt's World -- CHAPTER 2: Nasser and Arab Nationalism -- CHAPTER 3: The Islamists -- CHAPTER 4: The Rise of Liberal Capitalism -- CHAPTER 5: Egyptian Christians -- CHAPTER 6: The Mubarak Years -- CHAPTER 7: Young Egyptians -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Famous until the 1950's for its religious pluralism and extraordinary cultural heritage, Egypt is now seen as an increasingly repressive and divided land, home of the Muslim Brotherhood and an opaque regime headed by the aging President Mubarak. In this immensely readable and thoroughly researched book, Tarek Osman explores what has happened to the biggest Arab nation since President Nasser took control of the country in 1954. He examines Egypt's central role in the development of the two crucial movements of the period, Arab nationalism and radical Islam; the increasingly contentious relationship between Muslims and Christians; and perhaps most important of all, the rift between the cosmopolitan elite and the mass of the undereducated and underemployed population, more than half of whom are aged under thirty. This is an essential guide to one of the Middle East's most important but least understood states.
Titolo autorizzato: Egypt on the brink  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-300-18176-0
1-283-70007-7
0-300-16564-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814389003321
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