{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-egyptian-middle-class-socio-economic-mobility-and-public-discontent-from-nasser-to-sadat-hardback-9781108474481","title":"The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class; Socio-economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat (Hardback) 9781108474481","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocio-economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the results of the Middle Eastern oil boom of the 1970s–80s on the Egyptian economy and how this economic growth has an impact on Egyptian society.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRelli Shechter (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108474481, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 16 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Through a thorough investigation of the socio-economic mobility, employment structure, and the spread of consumption, The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class lays the foundations for the corrective argument that the oil boom, not Sadat's open door policies, was the driving force behind the social transformations in Post-Nasser Egypt. With a wealth of statistical data ethnographic evidence, and profound historical analysis, Shechter produced a wonderful and long-awaited contribution to the study of the Egyptian society since President Sadat.' Hanan Hammad, Addran College of Liberal Arts, Texas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDuring the 1970s and early 1980s, Egypt experienced swift economic growth resulting from a regional oil boom. Oddly, this economic growth hardly registered in Egyptian public discourse, which continuously claimed that the country was experiencing multiple economic, social, and cultural crises. This book sets out to investigate this discrepancy and to offer a revisionist history of the period. It documents the massive socio-economic mobility in Egypt by analysing relevant statistical data and ethnographic evidence, indicating the changes in the employment structure and the spread of mass consumption. Relli Shechter further examines a wide array of cultural resources, such as Egyptian academic writing, the press, the cinema, and the literature, in which critics lamented 'what went wrong' in Egypt. By doing so, he offers a local version of a wider Middle Eastern and international story: the global formation of middle-class societies whose members strove for respectable lives with only partial success.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Working into the middle class\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Crisis of supply in every household'\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Provocative consumption'\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Parasites'\u003cbr\u003e 6. The resurgence of middle-class Islam\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: socio-economic mobility and discontent.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political parties [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political parties\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20parties%20%5BJPL%5D%22\"\u003eJPL\u003c\/a\u003e], Social issues \u0026amp; processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social issues \u0026amp; processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20issues%20\u0026amp;%20processes%20%5BJFF%5D%22\"\u003eJFF\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913190367512,"sku":"9781108474481","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108474481i.jpg?v=1696702622","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-of-the-egyptian-middle-class-socio-economic-mobility-and-public-discontent-from-nasser-to-sadat-hardback-9781108474481","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}