Colonial Bridgehead: Government and Society in Alexandria, 1807-1882 [Reprint ed.] 0367010267, 9780367010263

At the end of the eighteenth century, Alexandria was a small unimposing town along Egypt's northern coast. Less tha

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Colonial Bridgehead: Government and Society in Alexandria, 1807-1882 [Reprint ed.]
0367010267, 9780367010263

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Michael J. Reimer

Table of contents :
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables, Maps, and Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Geographical and Historical Inheritance
1 Between Egypt and the Sea
2 The Ottoman Town
Part Two: Muhammad Ali’s City, 1807–1848
3 Engineering a Renaissance
4 Restructuring Urban Administration
5 A Demographic Profile at Mid-Century
Part Three: Bridgehead of Colonialism, 1848–1882
6 The Boom Years
7 Property and Privilege
8 Administration and Society after 1850
9 Mediterranean Magnet
10 The Crisis of 1882
11 Conclusion
Appendix: Census Documents
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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