At the end of the eighteenth century, Alexandria was a small unimposing town; less than a century later, the city had become a busy hub of Mediterranean commerce and Egypt's master link to the international economy. This is the first study to examine the modern transformation of the city, the surges of internal and international migration; the spa

Michael J. Reimer The American University in Cairo, AUC· Department of History

Preface -- Introduction -- The Geographical and Historical Inheritance -- Between Egypt and the Sea -- The Ottoman Town -- Muhammad Ali's City, 1807-1848 -- Engineering a Renaissance -- Restructuring Urban Administration -- A Demographic Profile at Mid-Century -- Bridgehead of Colonialism, 1848-1882 -- The Boom Years -- Property and Privilege -- Administration and Society after 1850 -- Mediterranean Magnet -- The Crisis of 1882 -- Conclusion -- Census Documents