TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ibrahim,Vivian
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The Copts of Egypt: challenges of modernisation and identity 
T2  - Library of modern Middle East studies
AV  - DT72.C7 I27 2011eb
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Tauris Academic Studies
KW  - Copts
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Religious minorities
KW  - Minorities
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Inter-communal relations : the Copts and the state (1805-1946). Religion and state-building in the Khedival period (1798-1882) ; The making of new national identities (1882-1919) ; Constitutional politics and political Islam (1922-1946) -- Intra-communal relations : the Coptic community from within (1882-1954). Benevolence and philanthropy (1882-1945) ; Factionalism and corruption (1882-1945) ; A Coptic revolution : Harakat Al-Tathir (1952-1954); Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "The Copts of Egypt, who make up 10-15 percent of the population, have traditionally been viewed as a 'beleaguered and persecuted minority.' Using newly discovered Coptic archival sources, Vivian Ibrahim presents a fresh and vivid alternative reading of the community during the twentieth centry. Avoiding the established portrayal of a monolithic entity headed by the Coptic Pope, Ibrahim examines the multifaceted dimensions of the Coptic community, assessing Coptic-State relations on one hand and Coptic intra-communal dimensions on the other."--P. [2] of jacket
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10463150
ER  -