Dead Sea Level: Science, Exploration and Imperial Interests in the Near East - Couverture rigide

Goren, Haim

 
9781848854963: Dead Sea Level: Science, Exploration and Imperial Interests in the Near East

Synopsis

Through a study of two important projects of the time - international efforts to determine the exact level of the Dead Sea, and Chesney's Euphrates Expedition to find a quicker route to India - Professor Goren shows how other forces than the interests of empire, were involved.

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À propos de l?auteur

Haim Goren is an historical geographer in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Tel-Hai College, Israel. His main fields of interest are European activity in Ottoman Palestine and the Near East, the history of the scientific study of that region, mainly the Holy Land, and pilgrim and traveller literature.

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