Lucia Carminati
I am a social and cultural historian of the modern Middle East, with a particular focus on nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Egypt. My research and teaching explore transnational processes and questions of state governance in provincial settings, empire, and the mobility of people, ideas, and goods. I am currently working on a manuscript titled "Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said, 1859-1906: Labor Mobility and the Making of the Suez Canal." In this book, embracing labor migrants who followed domestic as well as international routes, I trace the social and cultural history of the S...
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