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Author Goldschmidt, Arthur, 1938-

Title Historical dictionary of Egypt / Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.

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Edition 4th ed.
Description 1 online resource (lii, 535 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Historical dictionaries of Africa.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-534).
Note "This work is a dictionary of the history of Egypt since approximately 1760"--Page xiii.
Contents Acronyms and abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Political leaders.
Summary This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Egypt covers its history from its emergence as an independent actor during the reign of Ali Bey (1760-1772) up to and including the first two years of the Arab Spring (February 2013). This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 hundred cross-referenced entries on of persons, events, institutions, political groups, economic and social conditions, policies, relationships with other countries.
Note Print version record.
Subject Egypt -- History -- 1517-1882 -- Dictionaries.
Egypt -- History -- 1798- -- Dictionaries.
Egypt -- History -- 1517-1882 -- Bibliography.
Egypt -- History -- 1798- -- Bibliography.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt.
Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
Chronological Term Since 1517
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Bibliography. (OCoLC)fst01423717
Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
Other Form: Print version: Goldschmidt, Arthur, 1938- Historical dictionary of Egypt. Fourth edition. Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013 9780810861893 (DLC) 2013004954 (OCoLC)828193711
ISBN 9780810880252 (electronic bk.)
0810880253 (electronic bk.)
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