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Colonising Egypt /

Mitchell, Timothy, 1955-

Colonising Egypt / Timothy Mitchell. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1988. - 1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-213) and index.

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface to the paperback edition; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Egypt at the Exhibition; Chapter 2: Enframing; Chapter 3: An Appearance of Order; Chapter 4: After we have Captured their Bodies; Chapter 5: The Machinery of Truth; Chapter 6: The Philosophy of the Thing; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt.

ISBN: 9780520911666 0520911660 0585116725 9780585116723

Source: 22573/cttt0z17 JSTOR 79C24427-0498-45C2-96A3-D660622309BB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

LCCN: 91015090

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1798

Subjects--Topical Terms:
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Globalization.
HISTORY--General.--Middle East
Civilization.
International relations.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt--Relations--Europe.
Europe--Relations--Egypt.
Egypt--Civilization--1798-
Egypt.
Europe.

Subjects--Index Terms: Egypt History, 1882-1922

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DT100 / .M57 1988eb

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/26204