Egypt 1945-1990: Politics and Society 83rd ed. 1991)

Updated edition of a successful introductory textbook - topics covered include the ideologies of Nasser and Sadat; economic problems; the role of Islam; Egyptian culture and literature. Cover......Page 1 Egypt: Politics and Society 1945–1990......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 List of Maps......Page 7 Preface to the Third Edition......Page 12 Geography and Society......Page 16 Islam......Page 21 History to 1945......Page 23 Economy and Society to 1945......Page 32 Political Groupings......Page 35 Anglo-Egyptian Dissensions......Page 38 The Palestinian Factor......Page 42 Black Saturday......Page 44 Nasser’s Early Life......Page 49 First Years of Revolution, 1952–6......Page 52 War over Suez......Page 60 Tripartite Collusion......Page 67 Nasser and the Arab World......Page 73 Egypt and the Soviet Union......Page 82 Egypt and the United States......Page 85 The Third Arab-Israeli War 1967......Page 86 Setback 1967–70......Page 91 Politics and Ideology......Page 99 The Charter......Page 105 Arab Socialist Union......Page 106 Islam and Politics......Page 110 Arab Nationalism and Egyptianism......Page 113 Arab Socialism......Page 114 Ideological Influences on Nasser......Page 116 How Nasser Ruled......Page 117 6 Sadat’s Revolution of Rectification......Page 120 Politics under Sadat......Page 127 Islam’s Increasing Politicisation......Page 131 Sadat and Arabism......Page 134 Sadat’s Rule......Page 136 Population and Manpower......Page 137 Natural Resources......Page 138 Land Reform......Page 140 Co-operatives......Page 141 The High Dam......Page 142 Land Reclamation......Page 144 From Planning and Nationalisation to the ‘Opening-up’......Page 145 Industrialisation......Page 147 Suez Canal......Page 148 Balance of Trade and Economic Growth......Page 149 Education under Socialism......Page 151 Higher Education......Page 155 Culture......Page 156 Prose Writing......Page 158 Drama......Page 162 Poetry......Page 166 Radio, Television and Films......Page 171 Music and Popular Culture......Page 173 Newspapers and Journals......Page 175 Islam......Page 176 The Copts......Page 179 Class and Society......Page 180 Social Life......Page 181 Village Life......Page 186 Town and City......Page 190 Internal Developments......Page 198 Foreign Relations......Page 205 The Economy......Page 207 11 Conclusion......Page 210 Notes......Page 213 Society......Page 214 Work by Egyptians......Page 215 Literature......Page 216 Index......Page 218 The second edition of this lucid and accessible work rapidly established itself as a textbook for universities and colleges. This new edition brings it further up to date and places the achievements and failures of President Mubarak in context. The new material includes an examination of Egypt's role in the Gulf Crisis. The book is divided by topic and areas covered include: • The political ideologies of Presidents Nasser and Sadat • The economic problems facing the nation • The role of Islam in politics and in society • Egyptian culture and literature Reviews the direction which Egyptian politics has taken since the end of the Second World War. It deals with the end of the old regime in 1952, covers the period of Gamul Abdul Nasser and his ideology and goes on to cover Anwar Sadat's ideology and how it has affected his country and his people.