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The age of the efendiyya : passages to modernity in national-colonial Egypt

Explores the origins of Egyptian 'modern men' who became a new middle-class elite in colonial-era Egypt, drafted and carried out the state's modernization policies, made and consumed modern forms of politics and national culture, and assumed key roles in the state both before and after the revolution of 1952.

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  • "In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of 'modern men' emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952."
  • "Explores the origins of Egyptian 'modern men' who became a new middle-class elite in colonial-era Egypt, drafted and carried out the state's modernization policies, made and consumed modern forms of politics and national culture, and assumed key roles in the state both before and after the revolution of 1952."@en

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  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "The age of the efendiyya passages to modernity in national-colonial Egypt"
  • "The age of the efendiyya : passages to modernity in national-colonial Egypt"
  • "The age of the efendiyya : passages to modernity in national-colonial Egypt"@en
  • "Age of the Efendiyya: Passages to Modernity in National-Colonial Egypt"@en

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