Description
Examines the results of the Middle Eastern oil boom of the 1970s-80s on the Egyptian economy and how this economic growth has an impact on Egyptian society.
About the Author
Relli Shechter is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He trained as an economic historian and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is the author of Smoking, Culture and Economy in the Middle East: The Egyptian Tobacco Market, 1850-2000 (2006).
Reviews
'Through a thorough investigation of the socio-economic mobility, employment structure, and the spread of consumption, The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class lays the foundations for the corrective argument that the oil boom, not Sadat's open door policies, was the driving force behind the social transformations in Post-Nasser Egypt. With a wealth of statistical data ethnographic evidence, and profound historical analysis, Shechter produced a wonderful and long-awaited contribution to the study of the Egyptian society since President Sadat.' Hanan Hammad, Addran College of Liberal Arts, Texas
Book Information
ISBN 9781108464703
Author Relli Shechter
Format Paperback
Page Count 285
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 427g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 151mm * 16mm