The Egyptian labor corps : race, space, and place in the First World War /
During World War I, the British Empire enlisted half a million young men, predominantly from the countryside of Egypt, in the Egyptian Labor Corps (ELC) and put them to work handling military logistics in Europe and the Middle East. British authorities reneged on their promise not to draw Egyptians...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021. |
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