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The Egyptian Labor Corps: Race, Space, and Place in the First World War

The Egyptian Labor Corps: Race, Space, and Place in the First World War - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kyle J. AndersonPublish date:2021-12-14Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477324547ISBN-10:1477324542UPC:9781477324547Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle East, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, World War ISize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCDQ2DRXV2

During World War I, the British Empire enlisted half a million young men, predominantly from the countryside of Egypt, in the Egyptian Labor Corps (ELC) and put them to work handling military logistics in Europe and the Middle East. British authorities reneged on their promise not to draw Egyptians into the war, and, as Kyle Anderson shows, the ELC was seen by many in Egypt as a form of slavery. The Egyptian Labor Corps tells the forgotten story of these young men, culminating in the essential part they came to play in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution.

Combining sources from archives in four countries, Anderson explores Britain's role in Egypt during this period and how the ELC came to be, as well as the experiences and hardships these men endured. As he examines the ways they coped--through music, theater, drugs, religion, strikes, and mutiny--he illustrates how Egyptian nationalists, seeing their countrymen in a state akin to slavery, began to grasp that they had been racialized as "people of color." Documenting the history of the ELC and its work during the First World War, The Egyptian Labor Corps also provides a fascinating reinterpretation of the 1919 revolution through the lens of critical race theory.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477324547ISBN-10:1477324542UPC:9781477324547Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle East, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, World War ISize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCDQ2DRXV2
Anderson, Kyle J.: - Kyle J. Anderson is an assistant professor of history at SUNY Old Westbury.
Publisher: University of Texas Press

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