Research Catalog

Title

The late Ottoman Empire and Egypt : hybridity, law, and gender / Elizabeth H. Shlala.

Author

Shlala, Elizabeth H.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

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Description

ix, 142 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Law and identification transgressed political boundaries in the nineteenth-century Levant. Over the course of the century, Italo-Levantines- elite and common- exercised a strategy of resilient hybridity whereby an unintentional form of legal imperialism took root in Egypt. This book contributes to a vibrant strand of global legal history that places law and other social structures at the heart of competing imperial projects- British, Ottoman, Egyptian, and Italian among them. Analysis of the Italian consular and mixed court and diplomatic records in Egypt and Istanbul reveals the complexity of shifting identifications and judicial reform in two parts of the interactive and competitive plural legal regime. The book shows that judicial reform led to shifting authorities, venues, and identities, which resulted from bargains struck- cases won and lost- with various local actors. Over time and acting in their own self-interests, these actors exploited the plural legal regime and a legal form of imperialism took root in Egypt. Case studies in both Egypt and Istanbul explore how identification developed as a legal form of property itself. The rich court records show that binary relational categories fail to capture the complexity of the daily lives of the residents and courts of the late Ottoman empire. Whereas the classical literature emphasized external state power politics, this book builds upon new work in the field that shows the interaction of external and internal power struggles throughout the region led to assorted forms of confrontation, collaboration, and negotiation in the region. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and readers of Middle East, Ottoman, and Mediterranean history.

Series Statement

Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 26

Uniform Title

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 26.

Subjects

• Law > Social aspects
• Egypt
• Turkey
• Middle East
• Egypt > History > 19th century
• Diplomatic relations
• Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
• Middle East > History > 19th century
• Egypt > Foreign relations > 19th century
• Middle East > Foreign relations > 19th century
• History
• 1288-1918
• Law > Social aspects > Middle East > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Levant and Levantines -- The De Rossetti affair -- Remind him of his responsibilities : the consular era and the mixed courts of Egypt -- From Italo-Levantine subjects to mixed nationals and Italians abroad -- Contested debt, constructed identification, and gendered legal strategies in Istanbul.

Call Number

JFE 17-8633

ISBN

• 9781138714151
• 1138714151

LCCN

2017018361

OCLC

990183135

Author

Shlala, Elizabeth H., author.

Title

The late Ottoman Empire and Egypt : hybridity, law, and gender / Elizabeth H. Shlala.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 26

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 26.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1288-1918

Research Call Number

JFE 17-8633