Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Figures viii; Acknowledgments ix; 1 Introduction 1; 2 "The Bible Was Our Handbook and Guide": Women's Travel Writing and the English-Palestinian Encounter 16; 3 Harems, Festivals, and Clothes: Materiality and the English-Palestinian Encounter 63; 4 Missions and More: Making a Home in the Holy Land 108; 5 Things Go Wrong: Failure at the Protestant Orphanage at Nazareth 136; 6 A Refracted Gaze: Palestinian Women Reading the English 159; 7 Conclusion 193; Notes 197; Bibliography 221; Index 241
Summary
Weaves a narrative of how British women abetted imperial projects in Palestine in several key historical periods ending with the British withdrawal and the creation of the Israeli state
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index
