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Brigands and State Building

The Invention of Banditry in Modern Egypt

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ID2107790
AuthorsNathan J Brown (0000-0002-3532-6399, George Washington University, corresponding author), Nathan Brown (0009-0005-8099-9161)
Year1990
Volume32
Issue2
Pages258-281
Publication date1990-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500016480
OpenAlexW2107977927
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited15

A late nineteenth-century epidemic of banditry seems to have swept through the Egyptian countryside, at least according to the writings and actions of influential Egyptians at that time. Contemporary newspapers recounted daily episodes in which gangs composed of between six and sixty or seventy members raided large estates, robbed travelling merchants, and organized local protection rackets. The threat to public security drew the greatest attention in the decade following the British occupation of Egypt in 1882

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