Title The striking cabbies of Cairo and other stories : crafts and guilds in Egypt, 1863-1914 / John T. Chalcraft

Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East. Contents The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories -- Contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Popular History -- Crafts, Protests, and Guilds in Egypt -- Unevenness under Capitalism -- Restructuring and Political Contention, 1805-1914 -- Structure and Scope -- Documents, Newspapers, and Old Books -- 1. Crafts and Guilds before 1863 -- Crafts and Guilds in the Ottoman Empire -- European Power and Egyptian Dynasty Building -- Crafts and Service Workers -- Guilds -- Conclusion -- 2. Restructuring after the Cotton Boom -- Unequal World Economic Integration Imperialism -- Self-Strengthening -- Restructuring -- Construction -- Textiles and Garment Trades -- Urban Transport -- Conclusion -- 3. Petitions and Protests under Isma'il -- Co-opting the Guilds -- Weapons of the Weak -- New Avenues of Participation -- The Box Makers of Cairo and Taxation -- A Stone Mason and Guild Dues -- Contracting, Labor Relations, and Merchants -- Seeking Mercy: The Cabdrivers of Cairo -- Claiming Citizenship: The Carters of Bulaq -- Bidding for Redistribution: The Porters of Alexandria -- Conclusion -- 4. Restructuring under Colonial Rule The Colonial State and World Economic Integration -- Crafts and Service Workers and Restructuring -- Garment Making -- Textiles -- Construction -- Urban Transport -- Conclusion -- 5. Strikes and Protests under Colonial Rule -- Demobilization -- Abandoning the Guilds -- Informalism -- Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire -- The Rise of Nationalism -- The Advent of Mass Popular Protest -- The Making of an Alliance -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Restructuring -- The Guilds -- Collective Assertion -- Unevenness under Capitalism -- Popular History -- Appendix: A Boatman's Petition -- Notes Summary This book charts new directions in Egyptian social history, providing the first systematic account of adaptation and protest among crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a wealth of new sources, John T. Chalcraft challenges conventional notions of craft stagnation and decline by recovering the largely unknown histories of crafts workers' restructuring in the face of world economic integration, and their petitions, demonstrations, and strike-action at a time of state-building and colonial rule. Chalcraft demonstrates the economic importance of petty producers and service providers, and tells the story of widespread collective assertion couched in new discourses of citizenship and nationalism. He also gives a new interpretation of the end of the guilds in Egypt and addresses larger debates about unevenness under capitalism. Book jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Guilds -- Egypt -- History Handicraft -- Egypt -- History Strikes and lockouts -- Egypt -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Economic history Guilds Handicraft Strikes and lockouts SUBJECT Egypt -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041275 Subject Egypt Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2003061036 ISBN 1423740211 9781423740216 9780791461433 0791461432 0791461440 9780791461440 9780791484814 0791484815

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