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The book delves into the historical construction of the Middle East, revealing how British imperial maps and colonial activities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped its identity as a distinct geopolitical region. Foliard examines the interplay of knowledge, ignorance, and mapping that contributed to this transformation, highlighting the significant cultural and geographical changes that emerged. By utilizing primary texts and historical maps, the work offers insights valuable to historians of the Middle East, the British Empire, and cultural geography.
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Dislocating the Orient, Daniel Foliard
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- Rok vydání
- 2020
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- Titul
- Dislocating the Orient
- Podtitul
- British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Daniel Foliard
- Vydavatel
- The University of Chicago Press
- Rok vydání
- 2020
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 320
- ISBN13
- 9780226755724
- Série
- Štítky
- Naučná literatura, Historické téma
- Anotace
- The book delves into the historical construction of the Middle East, revealing how British imperial maps and colonial activities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped its identity as a distinct geopolitical region. Foliard examines the interplay of knowledge, ignorance, and mapping that contributed to this transformation, highlighting the significant cultural and geographical changes that emerged. By utilizing primary texts and historical maps, the work offers insights valuable to historians of the Middle East, the British Empire, and cultural geography.