Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East
In this book Juan R. I. Cole challenges traditional elite-centered conceptions of the conflict that led to the British occupation of Egypt in September 1882. For a year before the British intervened, Egypt''s viceregal government and the country''s influential European community had been locked in a struggle with the nationalist supporters of General Ahmad al-`Urabi. Although most Western observer...
In this book Juan R. I. Cole challenges traditional elite-centered conceptions of the conflict that led to the British occupation of Egypt in September 1882. For a year before the British intervened, Egypt''s viceregal government and the country''s influential European community had been locked in a struggle with the nationalist supporters of General Ahmad al-`Urabi. Although most Western observer...
