When Egypt's markets opened to private capital in the 1840s, a new infrastructure of commercial laws & institutions emerged. How Commerce Became Legal by @omarcheta.bsky.social considers how modern laws redefined the commercial sphere, shaping a mode of market governance www.sup.org/books/middle...

The Histories of Capitalism and Race series @soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.

*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way. www.sup.org/books/middle... (50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)

*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way. www.sup.org/books/middle... (50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)

Forthcoming, September 2025. www.sup.org/books/middle...

My review of Aaron Jakes's outstanding and ambitious book, "Egypt's Occupation." doi.org/10.1093/ahr/... @aaronjakes.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Beth Baron and Jeffrey Culang edited an important book. It features studies by some of the best scholars of Egyptian history, including Kathryn Schwartz, who left our world too soon. Her chapter on al-Waqa’i’ al-Misriyya is a testament to her brilliance. May her scholarship keep her memory alive.