Dislocating the Orient

British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921

Daniel Foliard (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2020
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-75572-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Daniel Foliard is a lecturer at Paris Ouest University.

Introduction
Part I. From Sebastopol to Suez (1854–1869)
1.         The Mid-Victorian Perspective: A Fragmented East
2.         Labeling the East
3.         Maps for the Masses?

Part II. A Shifting East in the Age of High Imperialism (1870–1895)
4.         Oriental Designs
5.         Virtual Travel in the Age of High Imperialism

Part III. The Fabrication of the Middle East (1895–1921)
6.         Seeing Red?
7.         Enter Middle East
8.         Falling Into Places
            General Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Notes on Methodology and Select Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.09.2020
Zusatzinfo	45 halftones, 2 line drawings
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	626 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-226-75572-X / 022675572X
ISBN-13	978-0-226-75572-4 / 9780226755724
Zustand	Neuware