Formation of the Egyptian Working Class Author(s): Joel Beinin Reviewed work(s): Source: MERIP Reports, No. 94, Origins of the Working Class. Class in the Middle East (Feb., 1981), pp. 14-23 Published by: Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3012255 . Accessed: 03/02/2012 11:56 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to MERIP Reports. http://www.jstor.org STOR MERIP Reports Please Note: A number of pages in this article were originally published such that a portion of text and some images run across two facing pages. JSTOR has presented these pages as they appear in the source material, with no missing content. For ease of reading we recommend that users print the article. Please click on "Next Page" (at the top of the screen) to begin viewing this article. Construction of the First Aswan Dam around 1900. Formation of the Egyptian MfOflCinfl ClaSS By Joel Beinin roots of the Egyptian working class reach back labor from the villages disrupted traditional social rela? into nineteenth century when Muhammed Ali tions, making migration to the cities in search of work The (1805-1849), founder of the dynasty which ruled more necessary and feasible.