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Mahmud Sami al-Barudi: Reconfiguring Society and the Self
Terri Deyoung
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; BGH; HBJH; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
To explore the life of Mahmud Sami al-Barudi is to gain a nuanced perspective on the many facets - the perils and promises - of change in the rapidly modernizing Egypt of the nineteenth century. Al-Barudi, sole scion of a Turko-Circassian elite family that clung precariously to a legacy of position and power, turned his military education into a government career that ended with his elevation to the office of prime minister. He served briefly before the British invasion in 1882 put an end to Egypt’s independence for seventy years.
As prime minister, al-Barudi focused on drafting and passing ... Read more
To explore the life of Mahmud Sami al-Barudi is to gain a nuanced perspective on the many facets - the perils and promises - of change in the rapidly modernizing Egypt of the nineteenth century. Al-Barudi, sole scion of a Turko-Circassian elite family that clung precariously to a legacy of position and power, turned his military education into a government career that ended with his elevation to the office of prime minister. He served briefly before the British invasion in 1882 put an end to Egypt’s independence for seventy years.
As prime minister, al-Barudi focused on drafting and passing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815633914
SKU
V9780815633914
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About Terri Deyoung
Terri DeYoung is associate professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of Washington, USA. She is the author of Placing the Poet: Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab and Postcolonial Iraq.
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