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The first comprehensive picture of women's status and opportunities in late eighteenth-century Egypt.

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Like all of Marsot's writings, this book is engaging and highly readable. Undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in other fields will find it an accessible overview of later Ottoman Egyptian society, the role of gender therein, and key issues in the historiography of this important topic. * American Historical Review *

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Women in the Eyes of Men: Myth and Reality
  • 2. Political Struggles: The Search for Leadership
  • 3. Society in Mamluk Egypt: The Elites
  • 4. Indigenous Elites in the Eighteenth Century: Ulama and Tujjar
  • 5. Artisans and Ayan: Urban and Rural Middle and Lower Classes in the Eighteenth Century
  • 6. The Nineteenth Century: The Advent of Centralization
  • Appendix A. Mamluk Elites
  • Appendix B. Native Elites
  • Appendix C. Women of Artisanal Classes
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/1995
      ISBN13: 9780292717367, 978-0292717367
      ISBN10: 0292717369

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first comprehensive picture of women's status and opportunities in late eighteenth-century Egypt.

      Trade Review
      Like all of Marsot's writings, this book is engaging and highly readable. Undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in other fields will find it an accessible overview of later Ottoman Egyptian society, the role of gender therein, and key issues in the historiography of this important topic. * American Historical Review *

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Introduction
      • 1. Women in the Eyes of Men: Myth and Reality
      • 2. Political Struggles: The Search for Leadership
      • 3. Society in Mamluk Egypt: The Elites
      • 4. Indigenous Elites in the Eighteenth Century: Ulama and Tujjar
      • 5. Artisans and Ayan: Urban and Rural Middle and Lower Classes in the Eighteenth Century
      • 6. The Nineteenth Century: The Advent of Centralization
      • Appendix A. Mamluk Elites
      • Appendix B. Native Elites
      • Appendix C. Women of Artisanal Classes
      • Notes
      • Select Bibliography
      • Index

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