Egyptian nationalists studied British society to learn the secret of empire

Evidence

In the years that followed the condominium’s establishment, a literature emerged in Egypt in which every aspect of British society and culture was dissected and explored for clues to the success of Great Britain’s empire. Some of these works were filled with admiration for a culture like England’s that could rule almost the entire world. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 757

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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