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03755aam a2200601 i 4500 001 DCD422DEECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 140825s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014024556 020 $a 1137432772 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137432773 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)881659712 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d CDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-ua--- 050 00 $a HQ792.E35 $b M67 2015 082 00 $a 303.40962 $2 23 084 $a SOC047000 $a HIS037070 $a HIS054000 $a SOC047000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Morrison, Heidi, $e author. 245 10 $a Childhood and colonial modernity in Egypt / $c Heidi Morrison, assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, USA. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2015. 300 $a xii, 176 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave studies in the history of childhood 520 2 $a "The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were pivotal in contemporary Egyptian history. The country searched for an identity in the face of intensifying western imperialism, the emerging nation-state, changing gender roles, and a rising middle class. A new cultural conception of childhood emerged in Egypt that had a synergistic and synonymous relationship with this process of modernization. Modernization cannot be separated from reconceptualization of categories of age. This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. The book uses unexplored Arabic sources such as the children's press and literature; as well as more familiar Arabic sources, such as autobiographies and the writings of Egyptian intellectuals--whose discussion of childhood has been so far ignored"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-172) and index. 505 0 $a 1. Reforming Childhood in the Context of Colonialism -- 2. Nation-Building and the Redefinition of the Child -- 3. Child-Rearing and Class -- 4. Girls and the Building of Modern Egypt -- 5. Constructing National Identity through Autobiographical Memory. 650 0 $a Children $z Egypt $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Children $z Egypt $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Children $z Egypt $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Social change $z Egypt $x History. 651 0 $a Egypt $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Egypt $x Colonial influence. 650 0 $a Nationalism $z Egypt $x History. 651 0 $a Egypt $x Politics and government $y 1882-1952. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Africa / North. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Social History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 648 7 $a 1800 - 1999 $2 fast 650 7 $a Children. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00854835 650 7 $a Children $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00855145 650 7 $a Colonial influence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352432 650 7 $a Nationalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033832 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Social change. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122310 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 651 7 $a Egypt. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208755 830 0 $a Palgrave studies in the history of childhood. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217022955.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCD422DEECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search