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Mitchell Timothy

Rule of experts : Egypt, techno-politics, modernity - Berkeley University of California Press 2002 - 413p xiii

Contents:
List of Illustrations ;
Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration ;
Introduction ;
I. Economies of Truth ;
1. Can the Mosquito Speak? ;
2. Principles True in Every Country ;
3. The Character of Calculability ;
II. Peasant Studies ;
4. The Invention and Reinvention of the Peasant ;
5. Nobody Listens to a Poor Man ;
6. Heritage and Violence;
III. Fixing the Economy ;
7. The Object of Development ;
8. The Market's Place ;
9. Dreamland ;
Notes ;
Select Bibliography ;
Index

ISBN: 9780520232624

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Peasants - Egypt - History - 20th Century2. Economic Policy - Egypt 3. Economic Conditions - 1919 - 19524. Politics & Government - 20th Century

Dewey Class. No.: 338.962000 / MIT-2