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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      07 October 2011
      23 December 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511792649
      9781108025539
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511792649
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.21kg, 968 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
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    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
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    Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), was a British statesman and colonial administrator. After a successful career in the War Office he was appointed the Controller General of Egypt in 1879. After the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, Baring became Consul General of Egypt, a position he held until his resignation in 1907. Modern Egypt, published in 1908 and revised in 1910, can be regarded as his justification for his actions in Egypt, and has been described as 'one of the classic works of Victorian imperialist writing'. It explains why Britain became involved in Egypt, when the collapse of the economy threatened the political stability of the region. Subsequently Britain and France took dual control, to keep Ottoman Turkey out, and to protect access to the Suez Canal. Cromer was an influential player in the events he describes, and, allowing for bias, the book remains a valuable record.

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