The Egyptian Peasant is a book by Henry Habib Ayrout about the life of the Egyptian peasant (fellah). It is regarded as a major work on the subject.[1] Halim Barakat has described it as "unsympathetic and biased".[2]
| Author | Henry Habib Ayrout |
|---|---|
| Original title | Moeurs et coutumes des fellahs |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | France |
History of the publication
editThe book was first published in France, in 1938, under the title Moeurs et coutumes des fellahs. After that, the book went through some revisions, and translations by the author, for the English audience. It was also translated to Arabic.[3] The book was published in English-speaking countries in 1963.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Timothy Mitchell, "The Invention and Reinvention of the Egyptian Peasant", International Journal of Middle East Studies 22 (1990), 129-150.
- ^ Barakat, Halim (1003). The Arab world: society, culture, and state (new ed.). University of California Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-520-08427-8.
- ^ "Fr Henry Ayrout".
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