NMC278H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ottomanism, Tanzimat, Turkish Nationalism
16 Jan 2018
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Suez canal and ismail, colton, us civil war overpowering. Reilly argument: parliaments often created by monarchs to co-opt elites to spend on state. 1875- sold egypt"s 44% of stocks to gb. There were ministers responsible for different things, but ministries for taxation were under british control. Ismail didn"t want to do this but gb and fr had control bc of the bankruptcy. All of a sudden, when gb had a 44% share, overnight, gb had a strategic interest in the suez canal. Br occupied egypt militarily and french stood fuming on the sidelines- Long term causes of emergence of a egyptian national movement: Another long term cause of the national movement in egypt was the breaking down of barriers b/w regions and communities b/w the country (telegraph, railroad, the growth of state democracy). Ppl developed a sense of shared interest b/w different regions in the country. Ali"s institutions, market and infrastructural integration, middle-class professions, literacy and the press.
