Family, Power, and Politics in Egypt : : Sayed Bey Mare--His Clan, Clients, and Cohorts / / Robert Springborg.
This political anthropology is the first to explicitly utilize the family as a basic conceptual tool in understanding a Middle Eastern political system. Springborg scrutinizes the familial, social, and political context of Marei's career, and discusses how the rural nobility of the late ninetee...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1982 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) :; illus. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I: The Family and Other Units of Political Action -- Part II: The Political Career of Sayed Marei -- Appendix A. Marei Ibrahim Nasr and His Descendants Through His First Wife -- Appendix Β. Marei Ibrahim Nasr and His Descendants Through His Second Wife -- Appendix C. The Daughters of Marei Ibrahim Nasr and Their Sublineages -- Appendix D. Estimate of the Size, Capital Value, and Annual Return of the Mareis’ Landholdings -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | This political anthropology is the first to explicitly utilize the family as a basic conceptual tool in understanding a Middle Eastern political system. Springborg scrutinizes the familial, social, and political context of Marei's career, and discusses how the rural nobility of the late nineteenth century has used regional, family, patron-client, and small-group loyalties to maintain its power under Nasser and Sadat. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781512807547 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9781512807547 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert Springborg. |