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_bMIT-2
100 _aMitchell Timothy
245 _aRule of experts : Egypt, techno-politics, modernity
260 _aBerkeley
_bUniversity of California Press
_c2002
300 _a413p
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365 _b Gratis
505 _aContents: 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
650 _a1. Peasants - Egypt - History - 20th Century2. Economic Policy - Egypt 3. Economic Conditions - 1919 - 19524. Politics & Government - 20th Century
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