Egypt [electronic resource] : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Helen Chapin Metz.

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Online Access: Full Text (via LLMC)
Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
Other Authors: Metz, Helen Chapin, 1928-2011
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Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The Division, 1991.
Edition:5th ed.
Series:Area handbook series.
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505 0 |a Ancient Egypt. The Predynastic Period and the First and Second Dynasties, 6000-2686 B.C. ; The Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and Second Intermediate Period, 2686 to 1552 B.C. ; Pyramid building in the Old and Middle Kingdoms ; The New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, 1552-664 B.C. ; Art and architecture in the New Kingdom ; The Cult of the Sun God and Akhenaten's monotheism ; The Late Period, 664-323 B.C. -- Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt, 332 B.C.-A.D. 642. The Alexandrian conquest ; The Ptolemaic period ; Egypt under Rome and Byzantium, 30 B.C.-A.D. 640 -- Medieval Egypt. The Arab conquest, 639-41 ; The Tulinids, Ikhshidids, Fatimids, and Ayyubids, 868-1260 ; The Mamluks, 1250-1517 -- Egypt under the Ottoman Empire -- Modern Egypt. The Neo-Mamluk Beylicate, 1760-98 ; The French invasion and occupation, 1798-1801 ; Muhammad Ali, 1805-48 ; Abbas Hilmi I, 1848-54 and Said, 1854-63 ; Social change in the nineteenth century -- From autonomy to occupation: Ismail, Tawfiq, and the Urabi Revolt. Khedive Ismail, 1863-79 ; From invention to occupation, 1876-82 -- From occupation to nominal independence. The occupiers ; Economy and society under occupation ; Egypt under the protectorate and the 1919 revolution -- The era of liberal constitutionalism and party politics. The rise and decline of the Wafd, 1924-39 ; Egypt during the war, 1939-45 ; On the threshold of revolution, 1945-52 ; The revolution and the early years of the new government, 1952-56 ; Egypt and the Arab world ; Nasser and Arab socialism ; Egypt, the Arabs, and Israel ; The war with Israel, 1967 -- The aftermath of the war. Internal relations ; External relations ; Nasser's legacy ; Sadat takes over, 1970-73 ; October 1973 war ; Political developments, 1971-78 ; Egypt's new direction ; Peace with Israel ; The aftermath of Camp David and the assassination of Sadat -- Mubarak and the middle way -- Geography. Physical size and borders ; Natural regions ; Climate -- Population. Population control policies ; Major cities ; Emigration ; Minorities -- Social organizations. Urban society ; Rural society -- Family and kinship. Importance of kinship ; Attitudes toward women ; Changing status of women -- Religion. Islam ; Coptic church ; Other religious minorities -- Education -- Health and welfare -- Structure, growth, and development of the economy. Infrastructure ; Transportation ; Communications -- The role of government. Mubarak's gradualism? ; Development and planning ; Pricing and subsidy ; Exchange rates ; Public finance ; Banking, credit, and inflation -- Labor. Employment ; Wages -- Agriculture. The food gap ; Land ownership and reform ; Land reclamation and loss ; Pricing policy ; Cropping patters, production, and yield ; Technology -- Energy, mining, and manufacturing -- Foreign trade. Exports ; Imports ; Trade partners -- Balance of payments and main sources of foreign exchange. Petroleum ; Suez Canal ; Remittances ; Tourism ; Current account balance ; Capital account and capital grants ; Direct foreign investment ; loans -- Debt and restructuring -- The dominant executive and the power elite. The presidency ; The president and the power elite ; The Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, and the policy-making process ; The road to power: recruitment and composition of the elite ; Elite ideology ; Politics among elites ; The bureaucracy and policy implementation ; Local government -- The subordinate branches: the regime and its constituency. Parliament ; The judiciary, civil rights, and the rule of law ; The political role of the media ; Interest groups -- Controlling the mass political arena. The "dominant party" system ; The limits of incorporation: The rise of political Islam and the continuing role of repression -- Foreign policy. The determinants of foreign policy ; Foreign policy decision making ; The development of foreign policy -- Military heritage. The Egyptian military in World War II ; First Arab-Israeli War ; The 1956 War ; The June 1967 War ; War of Attrition and the October 1973 War -- Security concerns and strategic perspectives -- The military in national life -- The armed forces. Army ; Air Force ; Navy ; Air defense force ; Traing and education ; Conscription amd reserves ; Conditions of service Defense spending ; Military justice ; Uniforms and insignia -- Armed forces production. Production of civilian goods ; Defense industry -- Foreign military assistance -- Internal security. Muslim extremism ; Leftist organizations ; Police ; Intelligence services -- Crime and punishment. The judicial system ; Incidence of crime ; Drug trafficking ; The penal system. 
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