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Finnie, David H.

Pioneers East : The Early American Experience in the Middle East / David H. Finnie. - Reprint 2013 - 1 online resource (333 p.) : 10 halftones, 1 map - Harvard Middle Eastern Studies ; 13 .

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Smyrna -- 3. Constantinople: The Treaty of 1830 and the Turkish Navy -- 4. David Porter’s Constantinople -- 5. Missions -- 6. Egypt -- 7. Palestine and Syria -- 8. Pioneers of Persia and Mesopotamia -- 9. East of Suez -- 10. The Official American Presence -- 11. Pioneers in Retrospect -- APPENDIX I: CHARLES RHIND’S SEPARATE AND SECRET ARTICLE -- APPENDIX II: AMERICANS IN EGYPT, 1832 TO 1842 -- APPENDIX III: CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS -- SOURCES -- NOTES -- Index -- HARVARD MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES -- Maps

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674333932 9780674333949

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674333949 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Americans--Middle East.
Americans.
Geografie, Reisen.
Missionaries.
Travel.
Travelers--United States.
Travelers.
Americans -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
Travelers -- United States.
HISTORY / General.

LC Class. No.: DS48 / .F53

Dewey Class. No.: 915.6/04