Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth Century Egypt

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Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth Century Egypt is written by Anthony Gorman and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1135145334 (ISBN 10) and 9781135145330 (ISBN 13).

This book deals with the relationship between historical scholarship and politics in twentieth century Egypt. It examines the changing roles of the academic historian, the university system, the state and non-academic scholarship and the tension between them in contesting the modern history of Egypt. In a detailed discussion of the literature, the study analyzes the political nature of competing interpretations and uses the examples of Copts and resident foreigners to demonstrate the dissonant challenges to the national discourse that testify to its limitations, deficiencies and silences.