Tourism and the Emergence of Nation-States in the Arab Eastern Mediterranean, 1920s-1930s /

"In the aftermath of World War I, the beaten paths of tourism guided an increasing number of international tourists to the hinterlands of the Arab Eastern Mediterranean, where they would admire pyramids and Roman ruins. Yet they were not the only visitors: Arab nationalists gathered in summer r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Daam, Jasmin (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
Series:	Critical, Connected Histories ; 5
Subjects:	Nation-state. Tourism > Arab countries > History > 20th century. Colonial Studies. History, Art History, and Archaeology. Middle East. Politics and Government. Nation. nations. HISTORY / Middle East / General. Nation-state Tourism Arab countries 1900-1999 Tourism, Middle East, nation-building, imperialism, spatial order. Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Space of sovereignty: Abolishing the colonial order of tourism in Egypt?
Chapter 3. New tourists, new attractions, 'New Palestine': Implementing a new tourist space in Mandate Palestine
Chapter 4. Contested rule and fragmented space in French Mandate Syria
Chapter 5. Lebanon: The tourist nation-state
Conclusion: Tourist transformations
Notes on persons, associations and enterprises
Index of persons, associations and enterprises
Index of places