Nationalism and Capitalism in British-Occupied Egypt
Document Type
Podcast
Publication Date
9-8-2020
Publication Title
Ottoman History Podcast
Abstract
Nationalism is often seen as a natural political desire or as a modal form spread around the world by modern technologies and conditions, such as literacy or print media. In this episode, Aaron Jakes reframes the history of the nation-state by looking at the British occupation of Egypt which began in 1882. He shows how the specific conditions of colonial rule, as well as the ups and downs of finance capital in an early moment of globalization, shaped how people thought about sovereignty, territory, and emancipation. Looking at peasant petitions, spy reports, and writing in the Arabic press, he explains how many people came to believe that territorial nationalism was the secret to a better life in the decades leading up to the Egyptian Revolution of 1919.
Keywords
British, Colonialism, Capitalism, Egypt, Finance, History, Nationalism, OHP Episodes, Ottoman Empire
Volume
Episode No. 475
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Ferguson, Susanna and Jakes, Aaron G., "Nationalism and Capitalism in British-Occupied Egypt" (2020). Middle East Studies: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/mes_facpubs/13