Title Desert borderland : the making of modern Egypt and Libya / Matthew H. Ellis.

Descript 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Introduction : rethinking territorial Egypt -- Legal exceptionalism in Egypt's borderlands -- Accommodating Egyptian sovereignty in Siwa -- Abbas Hilmi II and the anatomy of a Siwan murder -- Cultivating territorial sovereignty in the western desert -- The limits of Ottoman sovereignty in the eastern Sahara -- The emergence of Egypt's western border conflict -- Conclusion : unsettling the Egyptian-Libyan border. Summary 'Desert Borderland' investigates the historical processes that transformed political identity in the easternmost reaches of the Sahara Desert in the half century before World War I. Adopting a view from the margins - illuminating the little-known history of the Egyptian-Libyan borderland - the text challenges prevailing notions of how Egypt and Libya were constituted as modern territorial nation-states. Matthew H. Ellis draws on a wide array of archival sources to reconstruct the multiple layers and meanings of territoriality in this desert borderland. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Egypt -- Boundaries -- Libya -- History. Libya -- Boundaries -- Egypt -- History. Territory, National -- Egypt -- History. Territory, National -- Libya -- History. Borderlands -- Egypt -- History. Egypt -- Politics and government -- 19th century. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt. Borderlands. (OCoLC)fst01723579 Boundaries. (OCoLC)fst00837076 Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741 Territory, National. (OCoLC)fst01148094 Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755 Libya. (OCoLC)fst01205534 1800-1899 Alt Title Making of modern Egypt and Libya ISBN 9781503605572 (electronic book) 1503605574 (electronic book) 9781503605008