Archaeologists, tourists, interpreters : exploring Egypt and the Near East in the late 19th-early 20th centuries /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Mairs, Rachel (Author), Muratov, Maya (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Series:	Bloomsbury Egyptology.
Subjects:	Dragomen > Middle East > History > 19th century. Dragomen > Middle East > History > 20th century. Travelers > Middle East. Europeans > Middle East. Americans > Middle East. Middle East > Description and travel. History. Americans. Dragomen. Europeans. Travel. Travelers. Middle East. 1800 - 1999

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.