Russell Harris
A Journal of Three Months? Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne
Russell Harris · 2017
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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 An important historical document and eye-witness account pertaining to Iran, anthropology, area studies, study of ?orientalism?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.
Book details
- Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Leiden University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 266
- ISBN
- 9789087282622
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