Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger an anthology /: an anthology. (2009)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger an anthology /: an anthology. (2009)
- Main Title:
- Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger an anthology
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Geoffrey Nash.
- Other Names:
- Nash, Geoffrey
- Contents:
- The coming of empire, 1800-1879 --- David Urquhart : The spirit of the East --- Alexander Kinglake : Eothen --- Eliot Warburton : The crescent and the cross --- Harriet Martineau : Eastern life, present and past --- Robert Curzon : visits to monasteries of the Levant --- Lucie Duff Gordon : Letters from Egypt --- John Lewis Burckhardt : Travels in Arabia --- J.R. Wellsted : Travels in Arabia --- Richard Burton : Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah --- W.G. Palgrave : Narrative of a year's journey to central and eastern Arabia --- Lady Anne Blunt : A pilgrimage to Nejd --- Charles Doughty : Travels in Arabia Deserta --- James Morier : A journey through Persia, Armenia and Asia Minor --- John Malcolm : Sketches of Persia --- James Baillie Fraser : Travels in the Persian provinces of the Caspian --- Lady Sheil : Glimpses of life and manners in Persia --- Arminius Vambery : Travels in Central Asia --- Austen Henry Layard : Early adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia. Colonialism and resistance, 1880-1950 -- D.G. Hogarth : A wandering scholar in the Levant -- Mark Sykes : Dar-ul-Islam -- Charles Roden Buxton : Turkey in revolution -- Grace Ellison : An Englishwoman in a Turkish harem -- C.S. Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates ofThe coming of empire, 1800-1879 --- David Urquhart : The spirit of the East --- Alexander Kinglake : Eothen --- Eliot Warburton : The crescent and the cross --- Harriet Martineau : Eastern life, present and past --- Robert Curzon : visits to monasteries of the Levant --- Lucie Duff Gordon : Letters from Egypt --- John Lewis Burckhardt : Travels in Arabia --- J.R. Wellsted : Travels in Arabia --- Richard Burton : Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah --- W.G. Palgrave : Narrative of a year's journey to central and eastern Arabia --- Lady Anne Blunt : A pilgrimage to Nejd --- Charles Doughty : Travels in Arabia Deserta --- James Morier : A journey through Persia, Armenia and Asia Minor --- John Malcolm : Sketches of Persia --- James Baillie Fraser : Travels in the Persian provinces of the Caspian --- Lady Sheil : Glimpses of life and manners in Persia --- Arminius Vambery : Travels in Central Asia --- Austen Henry Layard : Early adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia. Colonialism and resistance, 1880-1950 -- D.G. Hogarth : A wandering scholar in the Levant -- Mark Sykes : Dar-ul-Islam -- Charles Roden Buxton : Turkey in revolution -- Grace Ellison : An Englishwoman in a Turkish harem -- C.S. Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates of Arabia -- Bertram Thomas : Arabia felix -- Wilfred Thesiger : Arabian sands -- George Nathaniel Curzon : Persia and the Persian question -- E.G. Browne : A year amongst the Persians -- Gertrude Bell : Persian letters -- Valentine Chirol : The Middle East question -- Robert Byron : The road to Oxiana -- Ella Maillart : The cruel way. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Anthem Press
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xix, 297 pages)
- Subjects:
- 915.604
British -- Travel -- Middle East -- History -- 19th century
British -- Travel -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century
Travelers -- Middle East -- Biography
Travelers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Travelers' writings, British
TRAVEL -- Middle East -- General
British -- Travel
Colonization
Manners and customs
International relations
Travel
Travelers
Travelers' writings, British
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern
Middle East -- Description and travel
Middle East -- Social life and customs
Middle East -- Colonization
Great Britain -- Relations -- Middle East
Middle East -- Relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain
Middle East
Electronic books
Biography
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781843318262
1843318261 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781843317920
1843317923
9780857283931
0857283936 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297).
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