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Author Lane, Edward William, 1801-1876, author.

Title An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians : the definitive 1860 edition / Edward William Lane ; introduced by Jason Thompson
Edition Electronic edition
Published Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (661 pages) : illustrations
Summary Few works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane's An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for generations of scholars, writers, and travelers, who have praised its comprehensiveness, detail, and perception. Yet the editions in print during most of the twentieth century would not have met Lane's approval. Lacking parts of Lane's text and many of his original illustrations (while adding many that we
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 29, 2014)
Subject HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt.
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Egypt -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041333
Subject Egypt
Form Electronic book
Author Thompson, Jason, 1950- contributor.
ISBN 9781617975622
1617975621