Title Imperial bodies : empire and death in Alexandria, Egypt / Shana Minkin

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages) Contents Introduction : the imperial bodies of Alexandria -- Foreign hospitals, local institutions -- Mourning the dead, connecting the living -- A house for the dead, a home for the living -- Dying to be French, dying to be British -- Conclusion : the death of empire Summary "This book explores the history of imperialism and local governance in Egypt from the 1860s through the beginning of World War I through exploring the bureaucracy of death. Shana Minkin demonstrates that when it came to the mundanity of the day-to-day, of protecting national and imperial subjects in Egypt, imperial power asserted itself not through unilateral assertions of the colonial state but through the local consulate's attenuated claims of belonging. By investigating how foreign death was managed in Egypt, Imperial Bodies affirms that the British were never the sole power in Egypt, that the French never fully relinquished their claim to imperial space in Egypt, and that the Egyptian national government wielded significant control over vital decisions about resources and land"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Death -- Political aspects -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History Noncitizens -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Death -- History Visitors, Foreign -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Death -- History HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt. Death -- Political aspects Diplomatic relations Noncitizens. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Egypt Egypt -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain France -- Foreign relations -- Egypt Egypt -- Foreign relations -- France Subject Egypt Egypt -- Alexandria France Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019026198 ISBN 9781503610507 1503610500

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