Dalachanis The Greek Exodus from Egypt

Diaspora Politics and Emigration, 1937-1962
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-448-1
Verlag: Berghahn
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Mobipocket Unencrypted

From the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, Greeks comprised one of the largest and most influential minority groups in Egyptian society, yet barely two thousand remain there today. This painstakingly researched book explains how Egypt's once-robust Greek population dwindled to virtually nothing, beginning with the abolition of foreigners' privileges in 1937 and culminating in the nationalist revolution of 1952. It reconstructs the delicate sociopolitical circumstances that Greeks had to navigate during this period, providing a multifaceted account of demographic decline that arose from both large structural factors as well as the decisions of countless individuals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dalachanis, Angelos

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I: THE POLITICS OF REMAINING IN EGYPT (1937-60)

Chapter 1. End of an Era (1937–52)

Chapter 2. Egypt at the Forefront

PART II: STRUCTURAL INSUFFICIENCIES AND ADJUSTMENT

Chapter 3. The Labor Market

Chapter 4. Education

PART III: LEAVING EGYPT BEFORE 1960

Chapter 5. Mobility, Migration, and Repatriation

Chapter 6. Decongestion

Chapter 7. A Fulfilled Prophecy?

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dalachanis, Angelos
Angelos Dalachanis is a fellow of the French School at Athens. He received his doctorate from the European University Institute, Florence. He has taught at the Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University and was a post-doctoral fellow at Aix-Marseille University and the Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University from 2014 to 2015.