Archaeologists, tourists, interpreters : exploring Egypt and the Near East in the late 19th-early 20th centuries /
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Language: English
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2015.
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Bloomsbury Egyptology.
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Call Number: DS48 .M22 2015
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: interpreting the Orient
- 2. Mediating Language and Culture: Dragomans and tourists; The profession of dragoman; Innocents abroad; Managing clients; Learning Arabic
- 3. 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
- 4. Americans in the "Land of the Bible": The Wolfe expedition; The Babylonian expedition of the University of Pennsylvania 1888-90: first and second campaigns
- 5. Daniel Z. Noorian: the "Afterlife" of an Interpreter
- 6. 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
- 7. Conclusion.