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      Government and Society in Alexandria, 1807-1882

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      Government and Society in Alexandria, 1807-1882
      ByMichael J. Reimer
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1977
      eBook Published 17 June 2019
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429040122
      Pages 268
      eBook ISBN 9780429040122
      Subjects Area Studies
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      Reimer, M.J. (1977). Colonial Bridgehead: Government and Society in Alexandria, 1807-1882 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429040122

      ABSTRACT

       At the end of the eighteenth century, Alexandria was a small unimposing town; less than a century later, the city had become a busy hub of Mediterranean commerce and Egypt’s master link to the international economy. This is the first study to examine the modern transformation of the city, the surges of internal and international migration; the spa

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |13 pages

      Introduction

      part Part One|36 pages

      The Geographical and Historical Inheritance

      chapter 1|8 pages

      Between Egypt and the Sea

      chapter 2|26 pages

      The Ottoman Town

      part Part Two|54 pages

      Muhammad Ali’s City, 1807–1848

      chapter 3|11 pages

      Engineering a Renaissance

      chapter 4|24 pages

      Restructuring Urban Administration

      chapter 5|16 pages

      A Demographic Profile at Mid-Century

      part Part Three|91 pages

      Bridgehead of Colonialism, 1848–1882

      chapter 6|15 pages

      The Boom Years

      chapter 7|13 pages

      Property and Privilege

      chapter 8|22 pages

      Administration and Society after 1850

      chapter 9|12 pages

      Mediterranean Magnet

      chapter 10|12 pages

      The Crisis of 1882

      chapter 11|13 pages

      Conclusion

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