Archaeologists, tourists, interpreters : exploring Egypt and the Near East in the late 19th-early 20th centuries
Rachel Mairs
Bok · Engelsk · 2015
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| Omfang | xii, 147 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: interpreting the Orient -- Mediating language and culture -- Dragomans and tourists -- The profession of dragoman -- Innocents abroad -- Managing clients -- Learning Arabic -- Archaeologists in the field -- Flinders Petrie in Egypt and Palestine -- T. E. Lawrence in Egypt and Syria -- Sir Leonard Woolley -- Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie -- Americans in the "land of the Bible" -- The Wolfe expedition -- The Babylonian expedition of the University of Pennsylvania 1888-1890: first and second campaigns -- Daniel Z. Noorian: the "afterlife" of an interpreter -- Solomon Negima: a dragoman and his clients -- The testimonial book of dragoman Solomon N. Negima -- Interpreter on the Nile -- Dragoman in Palestine -- Oxford to Palestine and alone through Syria -- Floyd House -- Conclusion
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| ISBN | 9781472588791. - 9781472588807
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