Persia and its people / / Ella C. Sykes

• Autore: Sykes Ella C.
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (403 p.)
• Disciplina: 915.5044; 955
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Iranian
• Soggetto geografico: Iran Description and travel; Iran Social life and customs
• Note generali: First published in 1910 by Methuen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PERSIA AND ITS PEOPLE; Copyright; PERSIA AND ITS PEOPLE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: SOME DESCRIPTION OF PERSIA; CHAPTER II: A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA; CHAPTER III: THE SHAH, HIS CAPITAL AND GOVERNMENT; CHAPTER IV: THE PERSIAN MAN; CHAPTER V: A PERSIAN CITY- MESHED THE HOLY; CHAPTER VI: THE ENVIRONS OF A PERSIAN CITY- MESHED; CHAPTER VII: A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIONS OF PERSIA; CHAPTER VIII: MUHARRAM; CHAPTER IX: TRAVEL; CHAPTER X: THE PERSIAN WOMAN; CHAPTER XI: COUNTRY LIFE; CHAPTER XII: THE PERSI'AN GULF AND THE KARUN RIVER; CHAPTER XIII: FAUNA AND FLORA ; CHAPTER XIV: MARCO POLO IN PERSIACHAPTER XV: A GLANCE AT THE ANTIQUITIES OF PERSIA.; CHAPTER XVI: SPORT AND AMUSEMENTS; CHAPTER XVII: FOUR PERSIAN POETS; CHAPTER XVIII: A SLIGHT ACCOUNT OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF PERSIA; CHAPTER XIX: PERSIAN SUPERSTITIONS AND THE ART OF MEDICINE; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume gives a popular description of Iran and was the result of the author's extensive travelling in the country and close knowledge of its people and customs over a period of 3 years at the turn of the nineteenth century.
• Titolo autorizzato: Persia and its people
• ISBN: 1-136-84119-9; 1-280-68745-2; 1-136-84120-2; 9786613664396; 0-203-83314-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790229703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Iran ; ; v. 9.