Description

Book Synopsis


Table of Contents
Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Map of Cited Departure Points and Stepping Stones of Suez Canal Migrants

Introduction
1 • A Universal Meeting Point on the Isthmus of Suez
2 • Like a Beehive: Race and Gender on the Suez Worksites
3 • A Semilawless Borderland: The Presence of These People Could Bring Evil
4 • Entertainment in Port Said, a Sink of Immoral Filth
Conclusion: It Would Be Wonderful If It Were Not Unhappy
Postscript

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 08/08/2023
      ISBN13: 9780520385504, 978-0520385504
      ISBN10: 0520385500
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      African history Middle Eastern history Migration, immigration and emigration

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      Contents

      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Note on Transliteration
      Map of Cited Departure Points and Stepping Stones of Suez Canal Migrants

      Introduction
      1 • A Universal Meeting Point on the Isthmus of Suez
      2 • Like a Beehive: Race and Gender on the Suez Worksites
      3 • A Semilawless Borderland: The Presence of These People Could Bring Evil
      4 • Entertainment in Port Said, a Sink of Immoral Filth
      Conclusion: It Would Be Wonderful If It Were Not Unhappy
      Postscript

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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