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In this  section,  I shall  examine  the changing  patterns  of protest, paying  particular attention  to the  actions  of the crowd.  As  we shall  see,  what  the  rebels did  and  what  their  actions  signified  changed  over  the course  of the period.
In this  section,  I shall  examine  the changing  patterns  of protest, paying  particular attention  to the  actions  of the crowd.  As  we shall  see,  what  the  rebels did  and  what  their  actions  signified  changed  over  the course  of the period.


For our purposes,  attention will be focused  upon a few movements: the several Cairo  and  Damascus  urban  protest  movements of the  period  1750-1830,  the Tunisian uprising of 1864, the Moroccan  rebellions  of 1907-12, and finally, more generally,  the rebellions  of the post-World War  I period.  In each instance,  what concerns us is what the crowd did. In the interests  of space,  it will not be possible to provide  the sort of fine-grained  detail  that  alone  would  be fully convincing. Nonetheless,  it  is  hoped  that  the  approach  outlined  here will  at  least  prove suggestive.
For our purposes,  attention will be focused  upon a few movements: the several Cairo  and  Damascus  urban  protest  movements of the  period  1750-1830,  the Tunisian uprising of 1864, the Moroccan  rebellions  of 1907-12, and finally, more generally,  the rebellions  of the post-World War  I period.  In each instance,  what concerns us is what the crowd did. In the interests  of space,  it will not be possible to provide  the sort of fine-grained  detail  that  alone  would  be fully convincing. Nonetheless,  it  is  hoped  that  the  approach  outlined  here will  at  least  prove suggestive.
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