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  Title

  The Sahara : a cultural history

  Author

  Gearon, Eamonn.  

  Publisher:

  Oxford University Press,

  Pub date:

  [2011]

  Pages:

  1 online resource (287 pages) :

  ISBN:

  9780199861972

  Copy info:

  1 copy for Website.
  

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  The Sahara : a cultural history
  Gearon, Eamonn.
  

  Personal Author:

  Gearon, Eamonn.

  Title:

  The Sahara : a cultural history / Eamonn Gearon.

  Published/Produced:

  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

  Published/Produced:

  2011

  Physical descrip:

  1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations, map.

  Content Type:

  text

  Media Type:

  computer

  Carrier type:

  online resource

  Series Title:

  (Landscapes of the imagination)

  Contents:

  Introduction -- A quick tour of the Sahara -- Flora and fauna -- Part 1: Landscapes. Whales in the desert -- Rock art -- Saharan urban -- Part 2: History: conquests and empires. From ancient Egypt to the Arab invasion -- Travellers, chroniclers, geographers -- Part 3: History: exploration, imperialism and independence. European forays: the African Association and Napoleon -- Further horizons: exploration and the European land grab -- War and peace and war -- The second world war -- Heaven and hell: independence and since -- Part 4: Imagination. Classical inspiration -- Poetic muse -- A brilliant palette -- Oriental delights, strange worlds and spy stories -- Silver screen Sahara -- Part 5: Encounters: indigenes and visitors. Men with a mission -- Literary travellers and tourists -- People of the Sahara.

  Access restriction:

  Subscription-based license for unlimited simultaneous UFV users.

  Local note:

  Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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  Geographic term:

  Sahara--History.

  Geographic term:

  Sahara--Civilization.

  Geographic term:

  Sahara--In literature.

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