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Gertrude Bell and Iraq : a life and legacy / edited by Paul Collins and Charles Tripp.

"This is a major re-evaluation of the life and legacy of Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868-1926), the renowned scholar, explorer, writer, archaeologist, and British civil servant. The book examines Gertrude Bell's role in shaping British policy in the Middle East in the first part of the 20th c...

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Other Authors: Collins, Paul (Paul Thomas) (Editor), Tripp, Charles (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Proceedings of the British Academy ; 205.
Subjects:
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, > 1868-1926 > Congresses.
Women Arabists > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses.
Arabists > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses.
Women colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses.
Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses.
Women archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses.
Archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses.
Travel writers > Great Britain > Biography > Congresses.
Iraq > Politics and government > 1921-1958 > Congresses.
Iraq > History > Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958 > Congresses.
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, > 1868-1926.
Arabists.
Archaeologists.
Colonial administrators.
Politics and government.
Travel writers.
Women Arabists.
Women archaeologists.
Women colonial administrators.
Great Britain.
Iraq.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Paul Collins and Charles Tripp
  • Part I: Gertrude Bell and the Ottoman Empire
  • 2. Gertrude Bell and the Ottoman Empire / Peter Sluglett
  • Part II: Gertrude Bell and archaeology
  • 3. A critical examination of Gertrude Bell's contribution to archaeological research in central Asia Minor / Mark P. C. Jackson
  • 4. 'Better than any ruined site in the world': Gertrude Bell and the ancient city of Assur / Lisa Cooper
  • 5. What Gertrude Bell did for Islamic archaeology / Rosalind Wade Haddon
  • Part III: Gertrude Bell
  • a woman in a man's world
  • 6. Gertrude Bell: pioneer, anti-suffragist, feminist icon? / Helen Berry
  • 7. Fragments of a mirror: the writing of Gertrude Bell / Tamara Chalabi
  • Part IV: Gertrude Bell and the making of the Iraqi state
  • 8. Gertrude Bell's perception of Faisal I of Iraq and the Anglo-Arab romance / Myriam Yakoubi
  • 9. Gertrude Bell and the formation of the Iraqi state: the Kurdish dimension / Saad B. Eskander
  • Part V: Gertrude Bell and Iraqi heritage
  • 10. Gertrude Bell and the antiquities law of Iraq / Magnus T. Bernhardsson
  • 11. Gertrude Bell and the evolution of the library tradition in Iraq / Ian Johnson
  • 12. Gertrude Bell in the Archive of the Iraq Museum / Lamia al-Gailani Werr
  • Appendix: A tribute to Gertrude Bell
  • 'In memoriam: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (14 July 1868-12 July 1926)' / Janet E. Courtney (née Hogarth), introduced by Moayad Hanoush.

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