Women Travelers in Egypt: From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century

by Deborah Manley

Book Overview

Until late in the nineteenth century, few guide books acknowledged the presence of women as travelers - although women had been traveling around the world for centuries. Women's accounts of their journeys, distinct from those of male travelers, began to appear more frequently in the early nineteenth century, and Egypt was a popular destination. Women had more time to watch and describe and they spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774164857
• ISBN13: 9789774164859
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"