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Workers and Working Classes in the Middle East

Struggles, Histories, Historiographies

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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This book brings together for the first time the work of many of the leading scholars in the field of Middle East working-class history. Using historical material from nineteenth-century Syria, late Ottoman Anatolia, republican Turkey, Egypt from the late nineteenth century through the Sadat period, Iran before and after the overthrow of the Shah, and Ba`thist Iraq, the authors explore different forms and interpretations of working-class identity, action, and organization as expressed in language, culture, and behavior. In addition, they examine different narratives of labor history and the place of workers in their respective national histories.Included are articles by Feroz Ahmad, Assef Bayat, Joel Beinin, Edmund Burke III, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Eric Davis, Ellis Goldberg, Kristin Koptiuch, Zachary Lockman, Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Donald Quataert, and Sherry Vatter.The book provides not only an introduction to the "state of the field" in Middle East working-class history but also demonstrates how that field is being influenced by the new paradigms which are transforming labor history and social history more broadly worldwide. It also opens the way for fruitful comparisons among Middle Eastern countries and between the Middle East and other parts of the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1993-12-07
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt517 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East
Antal sidor341
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791416662

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Acknowledgments IntroductionZachary Lockman 1. Militant Journeymen in Nineteenth-Century Damascus: Implications for the Middle Eastern Labor History AgendaSherry Vatter 2. Ottoman Workers and the State, 1826-1914Donald Quataert 3. Other Workers: A Critical Reading of Representations of Egyptian Petty Commodity Production at the Turn of the Twentieth CenturyKristin Koptiuch 4. "Worker" and "Working Class" in pre-1914 Egypt: A RereadingZachary Lockman 5. Worker's Voice and Labor Productivity in EgyptEllis Goldberg 6. The Development of Working-Class Consciousness in TurkeyFeroz Abroad 7. Historiography, Class, and Iranian WorkersFeroz Abroad 8. Collective Action and Workers' Consciousness in Contemporary EgyptMarsha Pripstein Posusney 9. Will the Real Egyptian Working Class Please Stand Up?Joel Beinin 10. History for the Many or History for the Few? The Historiography of the Iraqi Working ClassEric Davis 11. The History of the Working Classes in the Middle East: Some Methodological ConsiderationsEdmund Burke III 12. Labor History and the Politics of Theory: An Indian Angle on the Middle EastDipesh Chakrabarty About the Contributors Index

"Besides its contribution to Middle Eastern studies, this collection will serve those interested in comparative labor history and teachers who wish to expand the focus of their classes beyond the formal political and economic content of most texts on Middle Eastern history. Taken together, the articles contain considerable and provocative research. Further, the attempt to present labor history side by side (or in some cases, interwoven) with a historiographic critique is an ambitious and valuable project." — Palmira Brummett, University of Tennessee