Workers on the Nile: Nationalism, Communism, Islam, and the Egyptian Working Class, 1882-1954

by Joel Beinin, Zachary Lockman

The description for this book, Workers on the Nile: Nationalism, Communism, Islam, and the Egyptian Working Class, 1882-1954, will be forthcoming.

Genres: Middle East, Egypt, History, Africa, Politics, Religion, Nonfiction

512 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1988

About the author

Joel Beinin is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanford University. From 2006 to 2008 he served as Director of Middle East Studies and Professor of History at the American University in Cairo.
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Reviews

[Brendan Campisi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richly detailed and precisely argued history of the emerging industrial working class in Egypt and its role in the social and national struggles of the first half of the twentieth century; the analysis of the role of the communists in Egypt's labour movement is especially valuable.

[Marwan Shalaby · Rating 3 out of 5]

A true canon on the Egyptian working class. A very dry read though.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

The authors' explanations are far too Marxist and fail to account for other factors.