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
    Also in:
    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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