Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality, Religion, and WorkUniversity of Michigan Press, 1995 - 417 pages A study of two centuries of British women's travel to the Middle East provides new perspectives for understanding the history of colonialism |
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... female political writer and an experienced traveller who , like Cobbe , abandoned the Church after a Middle Eastern tour , nevertheless acknowledges the tradition of the pilgrimage.39 More important , the concept and practice of a ...
... female political writer and an experienced traveller who , like Cobbe , abandoned the Church after a Middle Eastern tour , nevertheless acknowledges the tradition of the pilgrimage.39 More important , the concept and practice of a ...
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... females in the missionising organisations were single . Indeed the female missionary career may be clearly distinguished from the male one . The policy of the missions was to hire married men but single women . According to Julius ...
... females in the missionising organisations were single . Indeed the female missionary career may be clearly distinguished from the male one . The policy of the missions was to hire married men but single women . According to Julius ...
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... female missionaries were paid by it for work in Palestine in private philanthropic enterprises . A close look at the uneasy relations between the group of women proselytisers and the CMS may throw light on the nature of the female ...
... female missionaries were paid by it for work in Palestine in private philanthropic enterprises . A close look at the uneasy relations between the group of women proselytisers and the CMS may throw light on the nature of the female ...
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A Note on the Historiography | 4 |
14 | 29 |
Literary Travellers | 48 |
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Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |
Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |
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