From empire to orient : travellers to the Middle East, 1830-1926 / Geoffrey P. Nash.
"This book offers an alternative perspective on Britain's late imperial period by looking at the lives and the writings of the men who chose to defy the conventional social and political attitudes of the British ruling classes towards the Near East. Between the Greek revolt in 1830 and the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2005.
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| Summary: | "This book offers an alternative perspective on Britain's late imperial period by looking at the lives and the writings of the men who chose to defy the conventional social and political attitudes of the British ruling classes towards the Near East. Between the Greek revolt in 1830 and the fall of the Caliphate in 1924 a different kind of voice was heard that was both anti-Imperialist and pro-Islamic. Geoffrey Nash places David Urquhart passionate belief in the ideal of municipal government in Turkey, W.S. Blunt's enthusiasm for the Egyptian reformers of the Azhar, E.G. Browne's zeal for the Persian revolution and Marmaduke Pickthall's advocacy of the cause of the Young Turks into their political and historical context and into the context of their writings."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 252 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 185043767X 9781850437673 |