No nineteenth-century country was more reshaped by one industry than Egypt

Evidence

Perhaps another reason colonialism in Egypt should be attributed to more than one source, as Mitchell presents it, is that, during much of the nineteenth century, Egypt was nominally the province or dependency of two empires, the Ottoman and the British. But Mitchell’s account neglects the fact that, for much of the nineteenth century, Egypt also attempted to establish its own empire, in the Sudan. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 83 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egypt’s identity as a distinct nation emerged only in the nineteenth century — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 87; Nineteenth-century Egypt was simultaneously colonized and an aspiring colonizer of Sudan — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 83; Egypt’s national identity was constituted in the nineteenth century by Mehmed Ali’s policies — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 87

Broader Connections

• Nineteenth-century Egypt was simultaneously colonized and an aspiring colonizer of Sudan #complicates (0.75) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 83