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The Master and the Machine - Part 2: The First Colony: The Systematic Extraction of Upper Egypt

18 December 2019·529 words·3 mins

History and Critical Analysis Upper Egypt Sa'id Monopoly Economic Extraction Regional Inequality Historical Case Studies Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Development and Inequality

How Upper Egypt was transformed into an extraction zone to fund Mohamed Ali's dynastic ambitions.

The Master and the Machine: Mohamed Ali’s Brutal Blueprint for Egypt

17 December 2019·254 words·2 mins

History and Critical Analysis Egypt Mohamed Ali Pasha State-Building Industrialization Authoritarianism Sa'id Historical Case Studies Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Development and Inequality Political Economy

A historical analysis of Mohamed Ali Pasha's industrialization and state-building in Egypt, examining the human cost of his brutal 'New Order' and the systematic extraction of Upper Egypt.

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