{"product_id":"managing-egypts-poor-and-the-politics-of-benevolence-18001952-9780691166605","title":"Managing Egypts Poor and the Politics of Benevolence 18001952","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time. As Mine Ener tells their fascinating stories alongside those of reformers, tourists, politicians, and philanthropists, she explores the economic, political, and colonial conte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book, written by the late Mine Ener, is one of the first detailed social histories of charity and philanthropy in the Middle East... By drawing on British and Egyptian archival material, Ener documents the changes in poor relief, changing attitudes to the public poor, and the emergence of new state and private actors in the field of charity, the motivations behind the efforts and the poor use of the programs created to help them.\"--Rehan Jamil, Middle East Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations vii  Preface: Finding Egypt's Poor ix  Acknowledgments xxvii  I  Benevolence, Charity, and Philanthropy 1  II  Discerning between the Deserving and the Undeserving Poor 26  III  Among the Poor of Takiyyat Tulun 49  IV  The Spectacle of the Poor 76  V  The Future of the Nation 99  VI  Conclusion: From \"the Poor\" to \"Poverty\" 134  Notes 145  Bibliography 175  Index 191","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515464933719,"sku":"9780691166605","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/managing-egypts-poor-and-the-politics-of-benevolence-18001952-9780691166605","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}