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
part One|36 pages
The Geographical and Historical Inheritance
part Two|54 pages
Muhammad Ali’s City, 1807–1848
part Three|91 pages
Bridgehead of Colonialism, 1848–1882