The Great Social Laboratory: Subjects of Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt - Hardcover

by Omnia El Shakry (Author)

This book charts the development of the social sciences-anthropology, human geography, and demography-in colonial and postcolonial Egypt, exploring the broader significance of knowledge production and its relationship to colonialist and nationalist ideologies.

Author Biography

Omnia El Shakry is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis.