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Autore |
Harris Russell |
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Titolo |
A Journal of Three Months’ Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne : Introduction, Notes and Translation / / edited by Russell Harris and Marjan Afsharian ; with contributions by Jeremy Archer |
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Leiden, : Leiden University Press, 20170331 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (liii, 266 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; |
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Collana |
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Adventure and adventurers - Iran |
Iran Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A primary source on a journey to Persia by Captain John Compton Pyne in 1884 revealing the West’s fascination with the Middle East in Victorian times. The book includes an introduction by the editors and a transcription of the manuscript with notes and the original illustrations, mainly watercolours. An important historical document and eye-witness account pertaining to Iran, anthropology, area studies, study of ‘orientalism’ and colonialism, and for historians. |
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