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<br> Recommended. Choice<p><br> [A] tremendous read. Al Ahram Weekly <br><p><br> Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commentator Gamal Amin presents this new history of contemporary Egypt documenting the politics, international relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era. The work tackles a variety of themes, including corruption, the economy and the poor, middle class prospects, intellectual life, the press, religious discourse, and Egyptian relations in the region and with the United States, and attempts to place the regime in the larger narrative of Egyptian history since its independence in 1953. Reference and Research Book News<p><br> In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak's era, but rather compares Mubarak's presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Mubarak's terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes. The Global Ministries<p><br>

"""[A] tremendous read."" --Al Ahram Weekly ""Recommended."" --Choice ""Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commentator Gamal Amin presents this new history of contemporary Egypt documenting the politics, international relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era. The work tackles a variety of themes, including corruption, the economy and the poor, middle class prospects, intellectual life, the press, religious discourse, and Egyptian relations in the region and with the United States, and attempts to place the regime in the larger narrative of Egyptian history since its independence in 1953.""Reference and Research Book News ""In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak's era, but rather compares Mubarak's presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Mubarak's terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes.""The Global Ministries ""Recommended.""Choice ""[A] tremendous read.""Al Ahram Weekly ""Prominent Egyptian economist and historical commentator Gamal Amin presents this new history of contemporary Egypt documenting the politics, international relations, and social and intellectual history of the Mubarak era. The work tackles a variety of themes, including corruption, the economy and the poor, middle class prospects, intellectual life, the press, religious discourse, and Egyptian relations in the region and with the United States, and attempts to place the regime in the larger narrative of Egyptian history since its independence in 1953.""Reference and Research Book News ""In this perceptive and insightful book, Amin does more than characterize Mubarak's era, but rather compares Mubarak's presidency with that of Sadat and Nasser before him. Mubarak's terms have been characterized less by ideology and more by the imperative of maintaining power, according to Amin. This book, like others he has written, is enhanced by personal anecdotes.""The Global Ministries"

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Galal Amin is emeritus professor of economics at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? (AUC Press, 2000), Whatever Else Happened to the Egyptians? (AUC Press, 2004), and The Illusion of Progress in the Arab World (AUC Press, 2006).

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