{"product_id":"modernizing-marriage-family-ideology-and-law-in-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century-egypt-9780815633921","title":"Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Egypt","description":"In 1910, when Khedive Abbas II married a second wife surreptitiously, the contrast with his openly polygamous grandfather, Ismail, whose multiple wives and concubines signified his grandeur and masculinity, could not have been greater. That contrast reflected the spread of new ideals of family life that accompanied the development of Egypt's modern marriage system. \u003ci\u003eModernizing Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e explores the evolution of marriage and marital relations, shedding new light on the social and cultural history of Egypt. Family is central to modern Egyptian history and in the ruling court did the political work. Indeed, the modern state began as a household government in which members of the ruler's household served in the military and civil service. Cuno discusses political and sociodemographic changes that affected marriage and family life and the production of a family ideology by modernist intellectuals, who identified the family as a site crucial to social improvement, and for whom the reform and codification of Muslim family law was a principal aim. Throughout \u003ci\u003eModernizing Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, Cuno examines Egyptian family history in a comparative and transnational context, addressing issues of colonial modernity and colonial knowledge, Islamic law and legal reform, social history, and the history of women and gender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth M. Cuno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.25w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815633921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth M. Cuno \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of history at the University of Illinois. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pasha's Peasants: Land, Society, and Economy in Lower Egypt,1740-1858\u003c\/i\u003e, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eFamily, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Race and Slavery in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40191905726579,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9294ffae-179d-45a7-ad88-f1c7d932143f.jpg?v=1655906939","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/modernizing-marriage-family-ideology-and-law-in-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century-egypt-9780815633921","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}