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Dislocating the Orient - British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921 (Paperback)
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Dislocating the Orient - British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921 (Paperback)
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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.
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