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The Sahara : a cutural history /
"The Sahara is the quintessence of isolation, epitomizing both remoteness and severity of environment unlike any other place on the face of the earth. Replete with myths and fictions, it is a wild land, dotted with oases and camel trains trudging through sand dunes that roll like the waves on a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Landscapes of the imagination.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- A quick tour of the Sahara
- Flora and fauna
- Part 1. Landscapes. Whales in the desert
- Rock art
- Saharan urban
- Part 2. History: conquests and empires. From ancient Egypt to the Arab invasion
- Travellers, chroniclers, geographers
- Part 3. History: exploration, imperialism and independence. European forays: the African Association and Napoleon
- Further horizons: exploration and the European land grab
- War and peace and war
- The second world war
- Heaven and hell: independence and since
- Part 4. Imagination. Classical inspiration
- Poetic muse
- A brilliant palette
- Oriental delights, strange worlds and spy stories
- Silver screen Sahara
- Part 5. Encounters: Indigenes and visitors. Men with a mission
- Literary travellers and tourists
- People of the Sahara.