Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. LIST OF TABLES ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. NOTE ON SOURCES, CITATIONS AND TRANSLITERATIONS xxi
6. PART ONE: CAPITALISTS AND POLITICS IN EGYPT
7. 1. Divided Rule: The Politics of Business-Group Conflict and Collaboration 1
8. 2. The Origins of the 'Abbud Group and Its Rivals 29
9. PART TWO: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE NEOCOLONIAL ORDER
10. 3. Shifting Lines of Power: Egyptian Business Groups and the Electrification Schemes of the 1920s and 1930s 63
11. 4. War within "the War": Business-Group Conflict in Egypt, 1939-1945 104
12. PART THREE: BUSINESS, THE STATE AND INDUSTRIALIZATION 1945-1955
13. 5. Power and the Postcolonial State 141
14. 6. Indigenous Roots of Egypt's Socialist Transformation: The Revolt against Business Privilege 169
15. CONCLUSION 218
16. NOTES 231
17. REFERENCES 261
18. INDEX 277