Dislocating the Orient : British maps and the making of the Middle East, 1854-1921 / Daniel Foliard.
Foliard, Daniel, author.
2017
DA47.9.M628 F65 2017 (Mapit)
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Title Dislocating the Orient : British maps and the making of the Middle East, 1854-1921 / Daniel Foliard.
Author Foliard, Daniel, author.
ISBN 9780226451336 (hardcover)
022645133X (hardcover)
9780226451473 (electronic book)
Published Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Language English
Description v, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Call Number DA47.9.M628 F65 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.4105609/034
Summary While the twentieth century's conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle East itself have been largely ignored. With 'Dislocating the Orient', Daniel Foliard tells the story of how the land was brought into being, exploring how maps, knowledge, and blind ignorance all participated in the construction of this imagined region. Foliard vividly illustrates how the British first defined the Middle East as a geopolitical and cartographic region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through their imperial maps. Until then, the region had never been clearly distinguished from "the East" or "the Orient." In the course of their colonial activities, however, the British began to conceive of the Middle East as a separate and distinct part of the world, with consequences that continue to be felt today. As they reimagined boundaries, the British produced, disputed, and finally dramatically transformed the geography of the area both culturally and physically - over the course of their colonial era. Using a wide variety of primary texts and historical maps to show how the idea of the Middle East came into being, 'Dislocating the Orient' will interest historians of the Middle East, the British empire, cultural geography, and cartography.
Note While the twentieth century's conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle East itself have been largely ignored. With 'Dislocating the Orient', Daniel Foliard tells the story of how the land was brought into being, exploring how maps, knowledge, and blind ignorance all participated in the construction of this imagined region. Foliard vividly illustrates how the British first defined the Middle East as a geopolitical and cartographic region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through their imperial maps. Until then, the region had never been clearly distinguished from "the East" or "the Orient." In the course of their colonial activities, however, the British began to conceive of the Middle East as a separate and distinct part of the world, with consequences that continue to be felt today. As they reimagined boundaries, the British produced, disputed, and finally dramatically transformed the geography of the area both culturally and physically - over the course of their colonial era. Using a wide variety of primary texts and historical maps to show how the idea of the Middle East came into being, 'Dislocating the Orient' will interest historians of the Middle East, the British empire, cultural geography, and cartography.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325) and index.
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Introduction
From Sebastopol to Suez (1854
1869)
The mid-Victorian perspective: a fragmented East
Labeling the East
Maps for the masses?
A shifting East in the age of high imperialism (1870
1895)
Oriental designs
Virtual travel in the age of high imperialism
The fabrication of the Middle East (1895
1921)
Seeing red?
Enter Middle East
Falling into places
General conclusion.

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