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100			_aCarole Escoffey
245			_aThe History of the British in Alexandria
260			_aAlexandria: _bBibliotheca Alexandria, _c2022
300			_a366 p., _bill., maps; _c24 cm
520			_a"The presence of British people in Alexandria can be traced back to Elizabethan times, with merchants and pilgrims making the long, perilous journey to a city which, despite its vibrant trading port, was but a ruined vestige of its ancient, legendary past. However, the battle of Aboukir in 1798, near Alexandria, would set in motion a series of events resulting in the modernization of the portal city under Muhammad Ali’s rule. This would bring an influx of foreigners, including British, gradually forming veritable communities in a fast-growing, cosmopolitan city. Thus, to this day the city bears the mark of the vibrant British community that once lived there through the institutions it founded such as schools, clubs, churches, hospitals, cemeteries, the railway and tramline. This publication also retraces the events which took place in Alexandria, surrounding the British occupation of Egypt in 1882, in addition to the dramatic events of World War I and World War II, when the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Allied Fleet were based there, transforming life in the city in numerous ways. Above all, using not only original archive material, but also correspondence, memoirs, travel writing and diaries, the author has woven a vivid tapestry of the daily lives of the individual British men and women who once lived in the city." --Provided by publisher.
650			_aBritish presence _xHistory _xPolitics _zEgypt _zAlexandria _y18th century _y19th century _y20th century
650			_aBritish occupation _zEgypt _y19th century _y20th century
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