Egypt Ignited keyword-marxism-and-literature Jackson Ann Thompson

Jackson Ann Thompson

Disaster has become big business

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Combining empirical scope with conceptual clarity

Egypt Ignited keyword-marxism-and-literature Jackson Ann ThompsonBeginning in the 1820s, Egypt became one of the first non European countries to pursue steam driven industrialization after Britain. This new account of 19th century Egypt traces how fossil capital began in the Nile Valley, entangling imperial ambition, forced dependency, debt and colonialism. From European engineers and financiers to Pashas, peasants, and plantation workers, Khairy follows the human and environmental toll of industrial modernity. We