This paper contributes to the global history of capitalism in rural contexts, examining the impact of agro-industrial mechanization on wages in African rural communities through a case study of a sugar factory in 19th-century Egypt. Utilizing approximately fifty wage registers from the Rawda factory in Middle Egypt, dating from 1849 to 1903 and now preserved […]

Next two books in the series of A Banned Book in Common are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), by Betty Smith, and The Hate U Give (2017), by Angie Thomas A unique event organized by UCSB's History Associates, we discuss books that have been targets of book banners. Click here to RSVP and to […]