Alexander Kitroeff

The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The "magnificent" (Robert L. Tignor, Princeton University) story of the Greeks in Egypt from Muhammad Ali to Nasser

From the early nineteenth century through to the 1960s, the Greeks formed the largest, most economically powerful, and geographically and socially diverse of all European communities in Egypt. Although they benefited from the privileges extended to foreigners and the control exercised by Britain, they claimed nonetheless to enjoy a special relationship with Egypt and the Egyptians, and saw themselves as contributors to the country's modernization.

The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt is the first account of the modern Greek presence in Egypt from its beginnings during the era of Muhammad Ali to its final days under Nasser. It casts a critical eye on the reality and myths surrounding the complex and ubiquitous Greek community in Egypt by examining the Greeks' legal status, their relations with the country's rulers, their interactions with both elite and ordinary Egyptians, their economic activities, their contacts with foreign communities, their ties to their Greek homeland, and their community life, which included a rich and celebrated literary culture.

Alexander Kitroeff suggests that although the Greeks' self-image as contributors to Egypt's development is exaggerated, there were ways in which they functioned as agents of modernity, albeit from a privileged and protected position. While they never gained the acceptance they sought, the Greeks developed an intense and nostalgic love affair with Egypt after their forced departure in the 1950s and 1960s and resettlement in Greece and farther afield.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617979064
• Artikelnr.: 56523611

Autorenporträt

Alexander Kitroeff is professor emeritus of history at Haverford College. Born in Greece he studied in the UK, where he received his doctoral degree at Oxford University. His research focuses on nationalism and ethnicity in modern Greece and its diaspora, from politics to sports. He is the author of eight books, including The Greek Orthodox Church in America: A Modern History (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Introduction
1. The Greeks in Nineteenth-century Egypt
2. Benefiting from British Control, 1882-1919
3. The Rise of Egyptian Nationalism
4. Debates about the Future of the Greeks in Egypt
5. The Second World War Years and the End of the Mixed Courts
6. The Greeks and the Nasser Era
7. The Greek Egyptian Diaspora: Memory and Nostalgia
Notes
Bibliography
Index