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A study that illuminates the Egyptian experience of modernity by critically analyzing the foremost medium through which it was articulated: history. Covering more than one hundred years of mostly unexamined historical literature in Arabic, it explores Egyptian historical thought and examines the careers of numerous critical historians.

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"The book is extremely ambitious, and the reader will immediately appreciate ... Di-Capua's efforts in undertaking such a monumental task." American Historical Review

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Historicizing Ottoman Egypt: 1890-1906 2. Talking History: 1906-1920 3. The House of Records: The 1920s 4. Competing for History: 1930-1952 5. Ghurbal's School: 1930-1952 6. Partisan Historiography: The 1940s and Beyond 7. Demonstrating History: The 1950s 8. Controlling History: The 1960s 9. Authoritarian Pluralism: 1970-2000 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Gatekeepers of the Arab Past

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/09/2009
      ISBN13: 9780520257337, 978-0520257337
      ISBN10: 0520257332
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study that illuminates the Egyptian experience of modernity by critically analyzing the foremost medium through which it was articulated: history. Covering more than one hundred years of mostly unexamined historical literature in Arabic, it explores Egyptian historical thought and examines the careers of numerous critical historians.

      Trade Review
      "The book is extremely ambitious, and the reader will immediately appreciate ... Di-Capua's efforts in undertaking such a monumental task." American Historical Review

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Historicizing Ottoman Egypt: 1890-1906 2. Talking History: 1906-1920 3. The House of Records: The 1920s 4. Competing for History: 1930-1952 5. Ghurbal's School: 1930-1952 6. Partisan Historiography: The 1940s and Beyond 7. Demonstrating History: The 1950s 8. Controlling History: The 1960s 9. Authoritarian Pluralism: 1970-2000 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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