The Sahara : A Cutural History

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gearon, Eamonn.

Series:

Landscapes of the Imagination, 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sahara--History.

Sahara.

Sahara--Civilization.

Sahara--In literature.

Local Subjects:

Sahara--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Other Title:

Sahara, The

Sahara

The Sahara

Place of Publication:

Luton : Andrews UK, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 sea, as far as the distant horizon. But this is just part of the picture. The largest desert in the world, the Sahara ranges from the river Nile running through Egypt and Sudan in the east, to the Atla...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction - A Quick Tour of The Sahara; Flora and Fauna; Part One - Landscapes; Whales in the Desert; The Green Sahara; Rock Art; Iconography and Graffiti; Saharan Urban; Oasis-Towns; Part Two - History: Conquests and Empires; From Ancient Egypt to the Arab Invasion; Land Of The Dead; The Phoenicians; Persian and Ptolemaic Dynasties; The Romans; The Garamantes; Camels; Christian North Africa; The Vandals; The Armies of Islam; Travellers, Chroniclers, Geographers; Gilded Empires

TimbuktuPart Three - History: Exploration, Imperialism and Independence; European Forays - The African Association and Napoleon; Hornemann; Egyptomania; Further Horizons - Exploration and the European Land Grab; Caillie, Barth and Rohlfs; Algeria And Abd Al-Qadir; The Scramble For Africa; War and Peace and War; Motors, Mars and Planes; The Second World War; Desert Warfare; Heaven and Hell - Independence and Since; The French Legacy; Part Four - Imagination; Classical Inspiration; Riddle of the Sphinx; Poetic Muse; "The Brutish Desert": War Poets; A Brilliant Palette

Fromentin and the Orientalists: "Dangerous Novelties"Oriental Delights, Strange Worlds and Spy Stories; Tales of the Legion; Desert Espionage; Silver Screen Sahara; Beau Geste; Desert Epics; Part Five - Encounters: Indigenes and Visitors; Men With a Mission; Professionals; Missionaries; Literary Travellers and Tourists; Early Observers; Wilfred Thesiger; Adventure Tourism; People of the Sahara; The Tuareg; Toubou and Sahrawi; Two Incomers: Isabelle Eberhardt and Paul Bowles; End Matter; Further Reading; Travel Guides; Landscapes; History; Imagination; Encounters; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-41180-6

9786613411808

1-908493-17-8

OCLC:

769342536