Policing Islam: The British Occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Struggle Over Control of the Police, 1882-1914

by Harold Tollefson

The role of the police force was central in the politics and social life of Egypt during the British occupation between 1882 and 1914. Egyptians initially resisted British encroachment into the sphere of autonomy that had been reserved to them in police matters. However, preferring indirect rule to overt manifestations of power that would be signified by the use of the army, the British used the issue of reform to tighten their hold on Egypt by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307148
• ISBN13: 9780313307140
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"