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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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Main Author:	Nash, Geoffrey (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2005.
Subjects:	Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, > 1840-1922 > Political and social views. Pickthall, Marmaduke William, > 1875-1936 > Political and social views. Urquhart, David, > 1805-1877. > Political and social views. Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, > 1840-1922. > Political and social views. Pickthall, Marmaduke William, > 1875-1936. > Political and social views. Anti-imperialist movements > Great Britain > History Middle East > Foreign public opinion, British > History > 19th century. Middle East > Foreign public opinion, British > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:

1. Britain, Islam and empire : some dissenting voices
2. David Urquhart and the patronage of the East
3. W. S. Blunt : from Oriental traveller to anti-imperialist agitator
4. Lord Curzon and Britain's empire in the East
5. Edward Granville Browne and the Persian 'awakening'
6. Marmaduke Pickthall and the governance of Islam.

From empire to orient : travellers to the Middle East, 1830-1926 / Geoffrey P. Nash.

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