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Dalachanis, Angelos
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The Greek Exodus from Egypt
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- Media type: E-Book
- Title: The Greek Exodus from Egypt : Diaspora Politics and Emigration, 1937-1962
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Contains:
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I The Politics of Remaining in Egypt (1937–60)
Chapter One. End of an Era (1937–52)
Chapter Two. Egypt at the Forefront (1952–60)
Part II Change and Adjustment (1937–60)
Chapter Three. The Labor Market
Chapter Four. Education
Part III Leaving Egypt before 1960
Chapter Five. Mobility, Migration, and Repatriation
Chapter Six. Decongestion
Part IV The Exodus
Chapter Seven. A Fulfilled Prophecy?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
- Contributor: Dalachanis, Angelos [Author]
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Published:
New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2017]
- Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (288 p.)
- Language: English
- DOI: 10.1515/9781785334481
- ISBN: 9781785334481
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- Keywords: Egypt - Ethnic relations - History - 20th century ; Greeks Migrations History 20th century ; Greeks Egypt History 20th century ; Nationalism Egypt History 20th century ; HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt) ; 20th century ; alexandria ; democracy ; demographic decline ; demographic study ; demography ; egypt ; egyptian history ; egyptian society ; engaging ; ethnography ; europe ; foreigners privileges ; greece ; greek population ; greeks ; immigration and immigrants ; immigration studies ; influential minority ; [...]
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Footnote:
In English
- Description: From the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, Greeks comprised one of the largest and most influential minority groups in Egyptian society, yet barely two thousand remain there today. This painstakingly researched book explains how Egypt’s once-robust Greek population dwindled to virtually nothing, beginning with the abolition of foreigners’ privileges in 1937 and culminating in the nationalist revolution of 1952. It reconstructs the delicate sociopolitical circumstances that Greeks had to navigate during this period, providing a multifaceted account of demographic decline that arose from both large structural factors as well as the decisions of countless individuals
- Access State: Restricted Access | Information to licenced electronic resources of the SLUB