Egypt Under the Khedives 1805–1879

Between 180.5 and 1879, Egypt evolved into a modern state with a Western-style military force and a central bureaucracy headed by an elite corps of European-trained officials. Viceroy Muhammad Ali and his successors used this new state apparatus· to augment their autocratic power and to profit as intermediaries between Egypt and the capitalist West. EGYPT UNDER THE KHEDIVES is invaluable for its. unique and exhaustive research into the structure and foundations of the ruling elite and the process by which modern bureaucracy was built up m Egypt. It also highlights the dangers of rapidly developing a country's material infrastructure using massive outside assistance without adjusting for the destabilizing social changes that are the inevitable result.
ASIN: 0822938081
VSKU: BVV.0822938081.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Hunter, F. Robert
Binding: Hardcover
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