Fallahin on Trial in Colonial Egypt: Apprehending the Peasantry through Orality, Writing, and Performance
This dissertation explores the experiences of Egyptian peasants from the Delta province of Minufiyya who were tried for murder by newly created "native" or "national" courts between 1884 and 1914. Through the study of 2,000 pages of criminal files, I deconstruct how the colonial...
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| Language: | en_ca |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/65464 |