ISBN: 9780804755672 - the great social laboratory: subjects of knowledge in colonial and postcolonial egypt (9 Ergebnisse)

8vo Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 328p. Text is unmarked on bright pages. Tightly bound with securely attached hinges. White speckled paper boards are pointed with gilt lettering on spine. Teal jacket is unclipped and glossy with minor shelf wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good +. 328 pp, index. Light edgewear. Some underlining.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Crimped/rounded corners, bump to top of spine, otherwise text clean and solid ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages.

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Hardback. Zustand: New. The Great Social Laboratory charts the development of the human sciences-anthropology, human geography, and demography-in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Egypt. Tracing both intellectual and institutional genealogies of knowledge production, this book examines social science through a broad range of texts and cultural artifacts, ranging from the ethnographic museum to architectural designs to that pinnacle of social scientific research-"the article." Omnia El Shakry explores the interface between European and Egyptian social scientific discourses and interrogates the boundaries of knowledge production in a colonial and post-colonial setting. She examines the complex imperatives of race, class, and gender in the Egyptian colonial context, uncovering the new modes of governance, expertise, and social knowledge that defined a distinctive era of nationalist politics in the inter- and post-war periods. Finally, she examines the discursive field mapped out by colonial and nationalist discourses on the racial identity of the modern Egyptians.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorOmnia El Shakry is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis.KlappentextThis book charts the development of the social sciences--anthropology, human geography, an.

Hardback. Zustand: New. The Great Social Laboratory charts the development of the human sciences-anthropology, human geography, and demography-in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Egypt. Tracing both intellectual and institutional genealogies of knowledge production, this book examines social science through a broad range of texts and cultural artifacts, ranging from the ethnographic museum to architectural designs to that pinnacle of social scientific research-"the article." Omnia El Shakry explores the interface between European and Egyptian social scientific discourses and interrogates the boundaries of knowledge production in a colonial and post-colonial setting. She examines the complex imperatives of race, class, and gender in the Egyptian colonial context, uncovering the new modes of governance, expertise, and social knowledge that defined a distinctive era of nationalist politics in the inter- and post-war periods. Finally, she examines the discursive field mapped out by colonial and nationalist discourses on the racial identity of the modern Egyptians.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 328 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Great Social Laboratory charts the development of the human sciences-anthropology, human geography, and demography-in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Egypt. Tracing both intellectual and institutional genealogies of knowledge production, this book examines social science through a broad range of texts and cultural artifacts, ranging from the ethnographic museum to architectural designs to that pinnacle of social scientific research-'the article.' Omnia El Shakry explores the interface between European and Egyptian social scientific discourses and interrogates the boundaries of knowledge production in a colonial and post-colonial setting. She examines the complex imperatives of race, class, and gender in the Egyptian colonial context, uncovering the new modes of governance, expertise, and social knowledge that defined a distinctive era of nationalist politics in the inter- and post-war periods. Finally, she examines the discursive field mapped out by colonial and nationalist discourses on the racial identity of the modern Egyptians.…