The nineteenth century in Egypt was a period of rapid social and economic change, brought about by the country's developing ties with the European economy. Focusing on lower-class women, this study traces changes in the work role and family life of peasant women in the countryside and craftswomen and traders in Cairo, and explores the world of the slave woman. The effects of capitalist transformation on women are studied in detail, using material from the Islamic court records. The effects of the Egyptian process of state formation and colonial rule are discussed: the growth of the state apparatus, its social services and repressive means, brought new kinds of intervention into women's lives. The book provides a unique account of the very active economic, social and political roles of nineteenth-century women, from the peasant and street pedlar to the slave of the harem.
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In this book the effects of the Egyptian process of state formation and colonial rule are discussed: the growth of the state apparatus, its social services and repressive means, brought new kinds of intervention into women's lives.
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Throughout the nineteenth century, Egypt remained a predominantly agrarian society: most of the country's wealth was produced, and the majority of its people lived, in the countryside. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
walad status, joint family labor, nisf fiddah, des consuls, umm walad, min land, ginning factories, aforementioned woman, public dancers, village shaykh, waqf land, waqf property, arsenal workers, textile crafts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Egypt, Lady Duff Gordon, Suez Canal, Port Said, Colonel Schaefer, East African, Anti-Slavery Society, Brigandage Commissions, Lord Cromer, Ottoman Empire, Sanitary Service New!
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Throughout the nineteenth century, Egypt remained a predominantly agrarian society: most of the country's wealth was produced, and the majority of its people lived, in the countryside. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
walad status, joint family labor, nisf fiddah, des consuls, umm walad, min land, ginning factories, aforementioned woman, public dancers, village shaykh, waqf land, waqf property, arsenal workers, textile crafts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Egypt, Lady Duff Gordon, Suez Canal, Port Said, Colonel Schaefer, East African, Anti-Slavery Society, Brigandage Commissions, Lord Cromer, Ottoman Empire, Sanitary Service New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Middle East (Sociology of Development Societies) by Talal Asad on 9 pages
- England in Egypt by Alfred Milner on 4 pages
- Women in the Muslim World by Lois Beck on 4 pages
- The Origin of the Family: Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Plantation Slavery on the East Coast of Africa (Social History of Africa) by Frederick Cooper in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Managing Egypt's Poor and the Politics of Benevolence, 1800-1952 by Mine Ener on 7 pages
- Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed Ph.D on 6 pages
- Avenues of Participation : Family, Politics, and Networks in Urban Quarters of Cairo by Diane Singerman on 5 pages
- Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics by Beth Baron on 5 pages
- The Cambridge History of Turkey: Volume 3, The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839 (v. 3) by Suraiya N. Faroqhi on 4 pages
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