Pleasure, Leisure, or Vice? Public Morality in Imperial Cairo, 1882-1949

Pleasure, Leisure, or Vice? Public Morality in Imperial Cairo, 1882-1949

I investigate the social history of Egypt under British imperial occupation through the lens of morality in order to understand the contestation of cultural change and authority under empire. Points of cultural cleavage between European and local inhabitants in British-occupied Cairo included two c...

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Main Author: Fonder, Nathan Lambert
Other Authors: Owen, Edward Roger
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
Subjects:
Middle Eastern history
Alcohol
Gambling
Imperialism
Morality
Social History
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10077
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11151531

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http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11151531

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