Evelyn Baring – författare

This book presents an accurate narrative of some of the principal events in Egypt and Sudan since the year 1876. It explains the effects of the British occupation on Egypt, the chief point of interest in the Egyptian reform, and the difficulty of ascertaining Eastern opinion on Egypt.

This book publishes some leading European contributors to the early formation of historical and social science analysis of the orient. It focuses on those authors who have shaped the modern debate on orientalism, especially on Islam, the Middle-East and orientalism in the twentieth centuries.

This book presents an accurate narrative of some of the principal events in Egypt and Sudan since the year 1876. It explains the effects of the British occupation on Egypt, the chief point of interest in the Egyptian reform, and the difficulty of ascertaining Eastern opinion on Egypt.

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917), was a British statesman and colonial administrator. After a successful career in the War Office he was appointed the Controller General of Egypt in 1879. After the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, Baring became Consul General of Egypt, a position he held until 1907 when he resigned due to ill health. During his retirement, he maintained his interest in politics and contemporary culture. This volume, first published in 1913, contains a collection of articles written for magazines such as the Edinburgh Review and the Spectator between 1908 and 1913, on the topics of contemporary politics and literary culture. Baring discusses various subjects including Army reform, the contemporary systems of colonial government, and the future of Classics in education and historiography. This volume provides information on Edwardian views of imperialism, and also illustrates the types of popular articles which were published during this period.

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917), was a British statesman and colonial administrator. After a successful career in the War Office he was appointed the Controller General of Egypt in 1879. After the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, Baring became Consul General of Egypt, a position he held until his resignation in 1907. Modern Egypt, published in 1908 and revised in 1910, can be regarded as his justification for his actions in Egypt, and has been described as 'one of the classic works of Victorian imperialist writing'. It explains why Britain became involved in Egypt, when the collapse of the economy threatened the political stability of the region. Subsequently Britain and France took dual control, to keep Ottoman Turkey out, and to protect access to the Suez Canal. Cromer was an influential player in the events he describes, and, allowing for bias, the book remains a valuable record.

This book publishes some leading European contributors to the early formation of historical and social science analysis of the orient. It focuses on those authors who have shaped the modern debate on orientalism, especially on Islam, the Middle-East and orientalism in the twentieth centuries.