For the annotated bibliography I did find sources about the Suez Canal. They did help to narrow down the information about it. And after reading the comments, I did realize that I was all over the place. So , I want to narrow my research. Of course,I want to look into what the reasons behind the canal where, what happened during the building of the canal, what were the actual affects of the canal and the internationalization and nationalization of the canal.
For the first point, I haven’t found information. I want to say the motives for the European powers would be for transportation and trade. However, that was information I found on the major powers and I could not find an article that talks about the motives for Egypt, leading to the question, was Egypt involved? I did learn that Egypt paid 44% of the 200,00,000 Francs that was used to finance the project and that money came out of Said Pashu. I also learned that in 1856 Egypt also agreed to provide 4/5 of the labor needed (Hoskins). I am looking into who were the powers that wanted the Canal and what benefits they were looking for. This could also go into the actual construction of the Canal and the point that I want to discuss. Looking into that I have had difficulty finding information the building of the canal and the plans.
I did find an article called , "The Suez Canal and World Shipping, 1869-1914" by Max Fletcher, explained the changes that the Canal brought to Britain and the revolutionary changes the Suez brought, especially concerning steamer ships. Also , the article does go on to point that when the Suez Canal was unveiled, Britain was the “ world’s greatest shipper and ship builder. They go in hand and hand benefited Britain. The article also explained how the Britain benefited and practically dominated when it came to number of ships that actually went through the Suez Canal and profited. The other countries, which included, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Russia and Spain, they could not compete. Britain was faster.
Unlike the information that I was unable to find concerning the motive for Egypt, I did find the out effects that the Suez Canal had. While one would think being close to such a major port, they would prosper, it is different. An article called “The Suez Canal and the Outlook for Egypt” by Halford L. Hoskins, talked of this. He points out that the Suez Canal affected Egypt because ships were passing through the canal instead of passing through the land. Therefore, he talks about the business that couldn’t work; the business that thrived on travel. To me . the demonstrates the exploitation of the land. The Suez could have helped Egypt prosper but instead was exploited by the other powers.In 1888 a convention Great Britain and other 8 powers signed a convention making the Canal international and, made Egypt the representative that was to uphold it. I understand that Egypt is the closes but I do not know if Egypt was present at the convection.
I am beginning to feel my project is becoming more of a timeline and that bothers me because I don’t want to present a timeline, so my goals is to shape my argument and support it. So I want to work on “blending” (I’m not sure that would a good term) the information that have found and making a solid support.
Sources Cited:
Fletcher, Max E. "The Suez Canal and World Shipping, 1869-1914." The Journal of Economic History 18 (1958): 556-73
Hoskins, Halford L. “ The Suez Canal and the Outlook for Egypt.” The Amiercan Political Science Review 38 (1944): 110-19
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
The Suez Canal
Daisy Resendiz
ES 410
The History of the Suez Canal
The history the colonization of Egypt helps to understand the Suez Canal. After the fall of the Napoleonic Empire, they moved into Egypt and helped them establish a “military army”, and then British came. The British were motivated by attaining a route to India. Because they held control over the waters, they also held in Egypt and Sudan. Because the British were reluctant to lose the control they had over the Suez Canal, then let the Egypt have a monarchy. Also, it is important to look at the predicament that Egypt was in and what eventually led to their decisions. The Suez canal was important to the economy to both the British and Egypt and its interesting to see how it played out. A lot of waiting and see what the other countries move would be. I also want to see how the Suez Canal today is affected, if at all, by the protests.
El-Sayed, Osman, Juan Lucena, and Gary Downey. "Engineering and Engineering
Education in Egypt." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2006): 18-25
This article talks about the different colonial powers. The article talks about the French and the British and the different interests that they had in the country. The French helped them establish an engineering education and even, started the planning the Suez the canal. The British came in and the engineering teaching soon shifted to more hands on rather than theoretical. It also explains why the British did not want to let go their control over the Egypt. And also explain how they were able to still keep their foot in the door, so to speak. It also explains how today the United State are providing aid and how engineering is also affected by the United States.
Lucena, Juan, Gary Downey, and Hussein Amery. "From Region to Countries: Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt , and Turkey." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2006): 4-11
This article helped me realize that the engineering methods of the Middle East are not the same. The idea that the Middle East has the same type of engineering because they hold some of the same culture and language was challenged. The article demonstrated that there are differences and purposes. This was one of the first articles that I found and helped me understand the differences and understand Egypt and get a better idea.
Dooley, Howard J. "Great Britian's 'Last Battle' in the Middle East: Notes on Cabinet Planning during the Suez Crises of 1956." The International History Review 11.3 (1989): 486-517.
This article talks about the British plans to ‘battle’ over the Suez Canal. Nasser had announced Egypt would build its own dam and that brought the British to a frenzy. The British has planned to attack and battle to gain control over the Suez Canal. However, there were there factors that had to be looked at. They had the support if Israel and wanted the support of the United Stars. The British reasoning for battle was that the Suez Canal was actually not apart of Egypt but actually an international piece that was an “asset of the highest importance” and arguing that Nasser had acted illegally. However D-Day was postponed so many times because of second – guessing and other factors, such as the support from other powers, were also put into perspective that the issues eventually came into the hands of the United States.
Pryce-Jones, David. “Remember Suez: Nasser and the Canal; Saddam and today.” National Review 10 Mar. 2003. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 1 Feb. 2011
This article was an interesting read. It compares the situation to Saddam and oil to the situation of the Suez canal and Nasser. The article implies that action should be take in the case of Saddam unlike with Nasser. Since the British did use force they later regretted not doing anything “forceful” against Nasser. This contributed to my reading in a different light,. I do not necessarily agree with it, but it has made me understand the view point of the British during the Suez Canal crises.
Shupe, Micheal C., William M. Wright, Keith W. Hipel, and Niall M. Fraser. "Nationalization of the Suez Canal: A Hypergame Analysis." The Journal of Conflict Resolution 24.4 (1980): 477-93.
This article really puts the perspective that Nasser was in. It demonstrates why taking over the Canal by surprise was the best decisions. This article outlines the benefits that Egypt would receive from taking over the canal. Ando also reveals the past history of the Canal that has been a sort of struggle to gain profit from the canal. This article , I felt, did a good job of stating the facts even thought there are some biases. The writer also goes back and analyzes the countries as “players”, who was on what “teams” and what they benefited from the Suez Canal.
ES 410
The History of the Suez Canal
The history the colonization of Egypt helps to understand the Suez Canal. After the fall of the Napoleonic Empire, they moved into Egypt and helped them establish a “military army”, and then British came. The British were motivated by attaining a route to India. Because they held control over the waters, they also held in Egypt and Sudan. Because the British were reluctant to lose the control they had over the Suez Canal, then let the Egypt have a monarchy. Also, it is important to look at the predicament that Egypt was in and what eventually led to their decisions. The Suez canal was important to the economy to both the British and Egypt and its interesting to see how it played out. A lot of waiting and see what the other countries move would be. I also want to see how the Suez Canal today is affected, if at all, by the protests.
El-Sayed, Osman, Juan Lucena, and Gary Downey. "Engineering and Engineering
Education in Egypt." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2006): 18-25
This article talks about the different colonial powers. The article talks about the French and the British and the different interests that they had in the country. The French helped them establish an engineering education and even, started the planning the Suez the canal. The British came in and the engineering teaching soon shifted to more hands on rather than theoretical. It also explains why the British did not want to let go their control over the Egypt. And also explain how they were able to still keep their foot in the door, so to speak. It also explains how today the United State are providing aid and how engineering is also affected by the United States.
Lucena, Juan, Gary Downey, and Hussein Amery. "From Region to Countries: Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt , and Turkey." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2006): 4-11
This article helped me realize that the engineering methods of the Middle East are not the same. The idea that the Middle East has the same type of engineering because they hold some of the same culture and language was challenged. The article demonstrated that there are differences and purposes. This was one of the first articles that I found and helped me understand the differences and understand Egypt and get a better idea.
Dooley, Howard J. "Great Britian's 'Last Battle' in the Middle East: Notes on Cabinet Planning during the Suez Crises of 1956." The International History Review 11.3 (1989): 486-517.
This article talks about the British plans to ‘battle’ over the Suez Canal. Nasser had announced Egypt would build its own dam and that brought the British to a frenzy. The British has planned to attack and battle to gain control over the Suez Canal. However, there were there factors that had to be looked at. They had the support if Israel and wanted the support of the United Stars. The British reasoning for battle was that the Suez Canal was actually not apart of Egypt but actually an international piece that was an “asset of the highest importance” and arguing that Nasser had acted illegally. However D-Day was postponed so many times because of second – guessing and other factors, such as the support from other powers, were also put into perspective that the issues eventually came into the hands of the United States.
Pryce-Jones, David. “Remember Suez: Nasser and the Canal; Saddam and today.” National Review 10 Mar. 2003. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 1 Feb. 2011
This article was an interesting read. It compares the situation to Saddam and oil to the situation of the Suez canal and Nasser. The article implies that action should be take in the case of Saddam unlike with Nasser. Since the British did use force they later regretted not doing anything “forceful” against Nasser. This contributed to my reading in a different light,. I do not necessarily agree with it, but it has made me understand the view point of the British during the Suez Canal crises.
Shupe, Micheal C., William M. Wright, Keith W. Hipel, and Niall M. Fraser. "Nationalization of the Suez Canal: A Hypergame Analysis." The Journal of Conflict Resolution 24.4 (1980): 477-93.
This article really puts the perspective that Nasser was in. It demonstrates why taking over the Canal by surprise was the best decisions. This article outlines the benefits that Egypt would receive from taking over the canal. Ando also reveals the past history of the Canal that has been a sort of struggle to gain profit from the canal. This article , I felt, did a good job of stating the facts even thought there are some biases. The writer also goes back and analyzes the countries as “players”, who was on what “teams” and what they benefited from the Suez Canal.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Research Progress Report #1 - Egypt
For this country-based research project, I wanted to look into Egypt. First, I had wanted to take a look at the social standing of the engineers in Egypt but then I thought the history would be more interesting to look at. It would be interesting to see the effects that the history had on the current.
So far my research about Egypt has shown me that there is influence from the French and the British, This is demonstrated in “Engineering and Engineering Education in Egypt”. This to me was interesting because as we learned in class and through the readings, France and Britain have different views when it comes to what engineering means, who is an engineer and the qualifications are also different. I have read one article on this topic and I’m actually pretty excited to see how the construction of engineering is today and how these two different countries together helped shape engineering in Egypt. The article also explains how after World War II nationalism also affected Egypt and the control of the British in Egypt. The article also goes on to explain why the British were there. They did not want to fully lose control of Egypt because then they would lose access to the Suez Canal (20). Even though they were not willing to part with that control they allowed Egypt to establish it as an “independent monarchy “ but they were still involved in Egypt. They allowed the monarchy because they saw the “… nationalist unrest of the 191 Revolution” (20) I also want to see how the Suez canal was involved in the Britain’s interest in Egypt. This also makes me winder if there were any other underlying motivations and what were the motivations of the French. I also want to investigate and understand why there was a Nationalist Revolution in 1919 and what acts led to it.
While researching the history of Egypt I also came across a lot of article the spoke of political protests in colleges and they involved mechanical engineers professors. That surprised me and I would be interested to see how the history of Egypt helped shape that as well. At the same time, I want to look into engineering before the French and the British became involved. The beginning of the article, “Engineering and Engineering Education in Egypt”, the beginning of the article begins with,” modern engineering education in Egypt…” (18) To me the raises the question what is pre modern engineering education in Egypt? Also, what makes the education “not modern”? These questions support my thesis question and will help me in my research. Did these views affect how the Egyptians saw themselves and their history?
Something that I would also like to look into would how the French and British impacted the culture. It is through education that the minds of the young people are impacted. Did this create a different generation with different ideas? How did this affect the community? The people of Egypt may have protested to the control of the British in Egypt and how all of these ideas tie into the history if engineering the Egypt.
Works Cited:
El-Sayed, O.L., J. Lucena, and G. Downey. "Engineering and Engineering Education in Egypt." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 25.2 (2006): 18-25. Print.
So far my research about Egypt has shown me that there is influence from the French and the British, This is demonstrated in “Engineering and Engineering Education in Egypt”. This to me was interesting because as we learned in class and through the readings, France and Britain have different views when it comes to what engineering means, who is an engineer and the qualifications are also different. I have read one article on this topic and I’m actually pretty excited to see how the construction of engineering is today and how these two different countries together helped shape engineering in Egypt. The article also explains how after World War II nationalism also affected Egypt and the control of the British in Egypt. The article also goes on to explain why the British were there. They did not want to fully lose control of Egypt because then they would lose access to the Suez Canal (20). Even though they were not willing to part with that control they allowed Egypt to establish it as an “independent monarchy “ but they were still involved in Egypt. They allowed the monarchy because they saw the “… nationalist unrest of the 191 Revolution” (20) I also want to see how the Suez canal was involved in the Britain’s interest in Egypt. This also makes me winder if there were any other underlying motivations and what were the motivations of the French. I also want to investigate and understand why there was a Nationalist Revolution in 1919 and what acts led to it.
While researching the history of Egypt I also came across a lot of article the spoke of political protests in colleges and they involved mechanical engineers professors. That surprised me and I would be interested to see how the history of Egypt helped shape that as well. At the same time, I want to look into engineering before the French and the British became involved. The beginning of the article, “Engineering and Engineering Education in Egypt”, the beginning of the article begins with,” modern engineering education in Egypt…” (18) To me the raises the question what is pre modern engineering education in Egypt? Also, what makes the education “not modern”? These questions support my thesis question and will help me in my research. Did these views affect how the Egyptians saw themselves and their history?
Something that I would also like to look into would how the French and British impacted the culture. It is through education that the minds of the young people are impacted. Did this create a different generation with different ideas? How did this affect the community? The people of Egypt may have protested to the control of the British in Egypt and how all of these ideas tie into the history if engineering the Egypt.
Works Cited:
El-Sayed, O.L., J. Lucena, and G. Downey. "Engineering and Engineering Education in Egypt." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 25.2 (2006): 18-25. Print.
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