3rd ed. — The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003. — 552 p. — (African Historical Dictionaries/Historical Dictionaries of Africa). — ISBN 0810848562.
Directed at nonspecialists and specialists alike, this book provides factual information about Egypt since 1760, with special emphasis on the modern period, together with appropriate historical interpretation. It stresses people, events, and institutions relevant to Egypt's political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural development.