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Egypt

British colony, imperial capital

by (author) James Whidden

series edited by Andrew Thompson

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2019
Category
General, Egypt, Social History, Imperialism
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780719079542
    Publish Date
    Jul 2017
    List Price
    $121.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781526139344
    Publish Date
    Jul 2019
    List Price
    $39.99

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Description

This book is a comprehensive portrait of the British colony in Egypt, which also takes a fresh look at the examples of colonial cultures memorably enshrined in Edward W. Said’s classic Orientalism. Arguing that Said’s analysis offered only the dominant discourse in imperial and colonial narratives, it uses private papers, letters, memoirs, as well as the official texts, histories and government reports, to reveal both dominant and muted discourses. While imperial sentiment certainly set the standards and sealed the image of a ruling caste culture, the investigation of colonial sentiment reveals a more diverse colony in temperament and lifestyles, often intimately rooted in the Egyptian setting. The method involves providing biographical treatments of a wide range of colonials and the sometimes contradictory responses to specific colonial locations, historical junctures and seminal events, like invasion and war or grand imperial projects including the Alexandria municipality.

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Contributor Notes

James Whidden is Professor of History at Acadia University