The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories

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This book charts new directions in Egyptian social history, providing the first systematic account of adaptation and protest among crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a wealth of new sources, John T. Chalcraft challenges conventional notions of craft stagnation and decline by recovering the largely unknown histories of crafts workers' restructuring in the face of world economic integration, and their petitions, demonstrations, and strike-action at a time of state-building and colonial rule. Chalcraft demonstrates the economic importance of petty producers and service providers, and tells the story of widespread collective assertion couched in new discourses of citizenship and nationalism. He also gives a new interpretation of the end of the guilds in Egypt and addresses larger debates about unevenness under capitalism.

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Foreword by Donald Quataert

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Popular History
Crafts, Protests, and Guilds in Egypt
Unevenness under Capitalism
Restructuring and Political Contention, 18051914
Structure and Scope
Documents, Newspapers, and Old Books

1. Crafts and Guilds before 1863

Crafts and Guilds in the Ottoman Empire
European Power and Egyptian Dynasty Building
Crafts and Service Workers
Guilds
Conclusion

2. Restructuring after the Cotton Boom

Unequal World Economic Integration
Imperialism
Self-Strengthening
Restructuring
Construction
Textiles and Garment Trades
Urban Transport
Conclusion

3. Petitions and Protests under Isma'il

Co-opting the Guilds
Weapons of the Weak
New Avenues of Participation
The Box Makers of Cairo and Taxation
A Stonemason and Guild Dues
Contracting, Labor Relations, and Merchants
Seeking Mercy: The Cabdrivers of Cairo
Claiming Citizenship: The Carters of Bulaq
Bidding for Redistribution: The Porters of Alexandria
Conclusion

4. Restructuring under Colonial Rule

The Colonial State and World Economic Integration
Crafts and Service Workers and Restructuring
Garment Making
Textiles
Construction
Urban Transport
Conclusion

5. Strikes and Protests under Colonial Rule

Demobilization
Abandoning the Guilds
Informalism
Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire
The Rise of Nationalism
The Advent of Mass Popular Protest
The Making of an Alliance
Conclusion

Conclusion

Restructuring
The Guilds
Collective Assertion
Unevenness under Capitalism
Popular History

Appendix. A Boatman's Petition

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

History of the Middle East

Political economy

Middle East

Central

National

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Publié par	State University of New York Press
Date de parution	01 février 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780791484814
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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TheStriking CabbiesofCairo an d O t h e r S t o r i e s

CRAFTS AND GUILDS IN EGYPT, 1863–1914

John T. Chalcraft

The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories

SUNY series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East Donald Quataert, editor

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The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories

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Figures Foreword by Donald Quataert Acknowledgments

Introduction Popular History Crafts, Protests, and Guilds in Egypt Unevenness under Capitalism Restructuring and Political Contention, 1805–1914 Structure and Scope Documents, Newspapers, and Old Books

Chapter 1. Crafts and Guilds before 1863 Crafts and Guilds in the Ottoman Empire European Power and Egyptian Dynasty Building Crafts and Service Workers Guilds Conclusion

Chapter 2. Restructuring after the Cotton Boom Unequal World Economic Integration Imperialism SelfStrengthening Restructuring Construction Textiles and Garment Trades Urban Transport Conclusion

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Chapter 3. Petitions and Protests under Isma’il Coopting the Guilds Weapons of the Weak New Avenues of Participation The Box Makers of Cairo and Taxation A Stonemason and Guild Dues Contracting, Labor Relations, and Merchants Seeking Mercy: The Cabdrivers of Cairo Claiming Citizenship: The Carters of Bulaq Bidding for Redistribution: The Porters of Alexandria Conclusion

Chapter 4. Restructuring under Colonial Rule The Colonial State and World Economic Integration Crafts and Service Workers and Restructuring Garment Making Textiles Construction Urban Transport Conclusion

Chapter 5. Strikes and Protests under Colonial Rule Demobilization Abandoning the Guilds Informalism Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire The Rise of Nationalism The Advent of Mass Popular Protest The Making of an Alliance Conclusion

Conclusion Restructuring The Guilds Collective Assertion Unevenness under Capitalism Popular History

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Appendix. A Boatman’s Petition

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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