TY - BOOK AU - Ryzova,Lucie TI - The age of the efendiyya: passages to modernity in national-colonial Egypt T2 - Oxford historical monographs SN - 9780191761591 (ebook) : AV - DT107.82 U1 - 962.052 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Middle class KW - Political activity KW - Egypt KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Anti-imperialist movements KW - National liberation movements KW - 1919-1952 KW - Revolution, 1952 KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of 'modern men' emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199681778.001.0001 ER -