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From Cairo to Baghdad : British travellers in Arabia / James Canton.

بواسطة:نوع المادة : نصنصالناشر:London ; I. B. Tauris ; 2011الموزع:New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011وصف:x, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:
  • text
نوع الوسائط:
  • unmediated
نوع الناقل:
  • volume
تدمك:
  • 9781848856967 (hbk)
  • 1848856962 (hbk)
الموضوع:تصنيف مكتبة الكونجرس:
  • DS44.98 C25 2011
المحتويات:
Contents; Acknowlegements; List of Maps and Illustrations; Maps; Introduction; 1. Missionaries and Pilgrims; 2. The Empty Quarter; 3. Imperial Wars; 4. Modernising Arabia; 5. Women in Arabia; 6. Baghdad and Beyond; 7. Southern Arabia; 8. After Empire
ملخص:Until the 1880s, British travellers to Arabia were for the most part wealthy dilettantes who could fund their travels from private means. With the advent of an Imperial presence in the region, as the British seized power in Egypt, the very nature of travel to the Middle East changed. Suddenly, ordinary men and women found themselves visiting the region as British influence increased. Missionaries, soldiers and spies as well as tourists and explorers started to visit the area, creating an ever bigger supply of writers, and market for their books. In a similar fashion, as the Empire receded in the wake of World War II, so did the whole tradition of Middle East travel writing. In this elegantly crafted book, James Canton examines over one hundred primary sources, from forgotten gems to the classics of T E Lawrence, Thesiger and Philby. He analyses the relationship between Empire and author, showing how the one influenced the other, leading to a vast array of texts that might never have been produced had it not been for the ambitions of Imperial Britain. This work makes for essential reading for all of those interested in the literature of Empire, travel writing and the Middle East.
المقتنيات
نوع المادة المكتبة الحالية رقم الطلب رقم النسخة حالة تاريخ الإستحقاق الباركود
كتاب كتاب UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة DS44.98 C25 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000400380
كتاب كتاب UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة DS44.98 C25 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) C.2 المتاح 30010000400379

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-287) and index.

Contents; Acknowlegements; List of Maps and Illustrations; Maps; Introduction; 1. Missionaries and Pilgrims; 2. The Empty Quarter; 3. Imperial Wars; 4. Modernising Arabia; 5. Women in Arabia; 6. Baghdad and Beyond; 7. Southern Arabia; 8. After Empire

Until the 1880s, British travellers to Arabia were for the most part wealthy dilettantes who could fund their travels from private means. With the advent of an Imperial presence in the region, as the British seized power in Egypt, the very nature of travel to the Middle East changed. Suddenly, ordinary men and women found themselves visiting the region as British influence increased. Missionaries, soldiers and spies as well as tourists and explorers started to visit the area, creating an ever bigger supply of writers, and market for their books. In a similar fashion, as the Empire receded in the wake of World War II, so did the whole tradition of Middle East travel writing. In this elegantly crafted book, James Canton examines over one hundred primary sources, from forgotten gems to the classics of T E Lawrence, Thesiger and Philby. He analyses the relationship between Empire and author, showing how the one influenced the other, leading to a vast array of texts that might never have been produced had it not been for the ambitions of Imperial Britain. This work makes for essential reading for all of those interested in the literature of Empire, travel writing and the Middle East.

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