Egypt 1945-1990

Politics and Society
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-415-09432-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

The second edition of this lucid and accessible work rapidly established itself as a textbook for universities and colleges. This new edition brings it further up to date and places the achievements and failures of President Mubarak in context. The new material includes an examination of Egypt's role in the Gulf Crisis. The book is divided by topic and areas covered include: * The political ideologies of Presidents Nasser and Sadat * The economic problems facing the nation * The role of Islam in politics and in society * Egyptian culture and literature

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hopwood, Derek

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Third Edition 1 Egypt and the Egyptians 2 The End of the Old Regime: 1945–1952 3 The First Years of the New Government: 1952–1956 4 The Unfinished Revolution: 1956–1970 5 Nasser’s Ideology 6 Sadat’s Revolution of Rectification 7 The Search for Economic Progress 8 Education and the Growth of Culture 9 The Life of the People 10 Mubarak’s Middle Way 11 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Derek Hopwood, St Antony’s College, Oxford