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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. | ||