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Whatever happened to the Egyptians? : changes in Egyptian society from 1950 to the present / Galal Amin; illustrations by Golo.
- Title
- Whatever happened to the Egyptians? : changes in Egyptian society from 1950 to the present / Galal Amin; illustrations by Golo.
- Author
- Amin, Galal A., 1935-2018
- Publication
- Cairo ; New York : American Univ. in Cairo Press, c2000.
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- Additional Authors
- Golo
- Description
- 177 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "Based on both academic research and the author's own personal experiences and impressions, this delightful and informative book examines the underlying causes of some of the more disturbing social, political, economic, and cultural phenomena that characterize Egyptian society in the 1990s. Egypt's crisis of culture and other woes are often attributed to the 'open door policy' (Infitah) initiated under President Sadat in the mid-1970s, and to the large-scale migration of Egyptian workers to the oil-rich states of the Gulf that began around the same time. Galal Amin contends, however, that these factors alone are insufficient to explain the fundamental changes in behavior and attitudes that characterize modern Egyptian life. The 'missing link, ' Amin argues, lies in the social mobility unleashed by the July Revolution of 1952, which has changed the customs and habits, moral and material values, and patterns of consumption and investment of the aspiring classes, and has, furthermore, induced the Egyptian people to ignore national and ideological issues of grave importance."--Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- Changes in Egyptian society from 1950 to the present
- Subject
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- Social Mobility -- Religious Fanaticism -- Westernization -- Masters and Servants -- Public and Private Sectors -- The Position of Women -- The Arabic Language -- Migration -- Private Cars -- Weddings -- Summer Vacations -- The Cinema -- Egyptian Economists -- Egypt and the Market Culture -- Notes.
- ISBN
- 9774245598
- LCCN
- ^^2001303803
- OCLC
- 47067870
- SCSB-11788396
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library