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  1. From Cairo to Baghdad
    British travellers in Arabia
    Author: Canton, James
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    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... more

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    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    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 t.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780857719836; 0857719831; 9781848856967; 1848856962; 1283293250; 9781283293259
    RVK Categories: NQ 9410
    Subjects: Reisender; Engländer; Englisch; Reiseliteratur; Naher Osten <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (313 pages), Illustrations, maps
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index
  2. From Cairo to Baghdad
    British travellers in Arabia
    Author: Canton, James
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, London

    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... more

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    Orient-Institut Beirut
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    Pb 020
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    Orient-Institut Istanbul
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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Online-Ressource
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    Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris, Bibliothek
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    Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom, Bibliothek
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    Deutsches Historisches Institut Washington, Bibliothek
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    e-Book Proquest Ebook Central (Ebrary)
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    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 t

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1283293250; 9781848856967; 9781283293259
    Subjects: British; Travelers' writings, British
    Scope: Online-Ressource (x, 297 p.), ill., maps
    Notes:

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

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    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; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Index;