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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians : the definitive 1860 edition /
Few works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane's An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for g...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York :
The American University in Cairo Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | Electronic edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Few works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane's An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for generations of scholars, writers, and travelers, who have praised its comprehensiveness, detail, and perception. Yet the editions in print during most of the twentieth century would not have met Lane's approval. Lacking parts of Lane's text and many of his original illustrations (while adding many that we. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (661 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781617975622 1617975621 |