President Truman's Inaugural Address of 1949 (focusing on point four, from "Fourth, we must embark…" to "…misery and despair")
Drawing on your knowledge of Egyptian history over the last two centuries, write a critical response to your chosen document.
Your response to Harry Truman should identify some of the key concepts in the speech or report; explain briefly the assumptions about "development" that underlie these concepts; and then argue why the course of Egyptian history over the last two centuries supports, raises questions about, or suggests alternatives to this way of thinking about development.
In discussing Egyptian history, draw upon material from each of the five lectures (lectures 3 through 7) and associated readings that cover the period from around 1800 to the present.
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