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Informationen zum Autor Paul Sedra is Assistant Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby! Canada! and Middle East editor of the journal History Compass. He has taught at Dalhousie University and the University of Toronto! and has published articles in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations! Comparative Studies in South Asia! Africa! and the Middle East! the Journal of Religious History! as well as the Middle East working paper series of Yale and Columbia Universities. The principal focus of his research is the social and cultural history of the modern Middle East. He has a Master's degree from St. Antony's! Oxford University and a PhD in History and Middle Eastern studies from New York University. Tracing the development of a distinctly Egyptian 'modernity', From Mission to Modernity is indispensable for all those interested in Egyptian history and the history of modern education and reform. Zusammenfassung Tracing the development of a distinctly Egyptian 'modernity'! From Mission to Modernity is indispensable for all those interested in Egyptian history and the history of modern education and reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter One - To discipline the world: Evangelicals and educationChapter Two - The missionary example: John LiederChapter Three - The educational reformer: Joseph HekekyanChapter Four - A project abandoned?Chapter Five - The Great Coptic School: Reinterpreting reformChapter Six - A case study in resistance: Asyut at mid-centuryChapter Seven - Ridding Egypt of superstitionEpilogueBibliography Index
