The 'Description of Egypt' from Napoleon to Champollion. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tamar Sarfatti.
• Authors: Sarfatti, Tamar
• Contents: 1. Introduction.2. An Eighteenth-Century Common Reader: Napoleon Bonaparte.3. Colonial Policies and Revolutionary Ideas.4. A Short History of the Making of the Description of Egypt.5. Literary Genres and Scholarly Traditions.6. Engineer Training in Eighteenth-Century France: 'From the World of More or Less to the Universe of Precision'.- 7. Egypt Engraved.8. Texts About Ancient Egypt and Their Predecessors.9. Describing Modern Egyptian Society.10. Jomard and Champollion: A Rivalry at the Birth of Egyptology.11. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 962.03; France--History; History -- Middle East -- General; History -- General; History -- Social History; Literary Criticism -- Books & Reading; Asian history; Colonialism & imperialism; Social & cultural history; Literature: history & criticism; Middle East--History; Imperialism; Civilization--History; Books--History; History -- Europe -- France; European history; Egypt -- Description and travel; Egypt -- Antiquities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031156069
• Related ISBNs: 9783031156052
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