Orientalism, Volume 10A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. |
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... Cromer in his management of everyday business in Egypt . The most important thing about the theory during the first decade of the twentieth century was that it worked , and worked staggeringly well . The argument , when reduced to its ...
... Cromer in his management of everyday business in Egypt . The most important thing about the theory during the first decade of the twentieth century was that it worked , and worked staggeringly well . The argument , when reduced to its ...
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... Cromer says , . I content myself with noting the fact that somehow or other the Oriental generally acts , speaks , and thinks in a manner exactly opposite to the European . " Cromer's descrip- tions are of course based partly on direct ...
... Cromer says , . I content myself with noting the fact that somehow or other the Oriental generally acts , speaks , and thinks in a manner exactly opposite to the European . " Cromer's descrip- tions are of course based partly on direct ...
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... Cromer , Modern Egypt ( New York : Macmillan Co. , 1908 ) , 2 : 146-67 . For a British view of British policy in Egypt that runs totally counter to Cromer's , see Wilfrid Scawen Blunt , Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt ...
... Cromer , Modern Egypt ( New York : Macmillan Co. , 1908 ) , 2 : 146-67 . For a British view of British policy in Egypt that runs totally counter to Cromer's , see Wilfrid Scawen Blunt , Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt ...
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