Field of Reeds: Social, Economic and Political Change in Rural Egypt: in Search of Civil Society and Good Governance

Name: Field of Reeds: Social, Economic and Political Change in Rural Egypt: in Search of Civil Society and Good Governance
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ISBN: 9781477274927

ISBN-10: 1477274928

ISBN-13: 9781477274927

Edition: 2012

Authors: James B. Mayfield

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Have you ever wondered: 1. Who built the Pyramids of Egypt and who are their descendents today? 2. Why does the author challenge the great Greek historian Herodotus, by auguring that Egypt is more a gift from the Fellahin, than a gift of the Nile? 3. What great event happened in the early 1960s that completely changed the life of the peasants of Egypt? 4. Why did the peasants (fellahin) of Egypt not engage in a massive revolt in the 1990s, when the Government allowed landowners to reclaim their land that the peasants had been cultivating for over 30 years? 5. Do you know the story of the village of Dinshaway that precipitated a national crisis, and that eventually forced Great Britain to…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Textstream
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 532
Language: English