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The Nearer East

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Nearer East
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David George Hogarth
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreArchaeology by period and region
Regional geography
ISBN/Barcode 9781108042079
ClassificationsDewey:914.96
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 68 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 29 December 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862-1927) was, when he died, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He was instrumental in launching T. E. Lawrence's career, and himself became acting director of the Arab Bureau in Cairo during the First World War, also attending the Versailles and Sevres peace conferences. This 1902 book is a regional study of the area from the Balkans to Iran, including north-east Africa. His survey, broadly based in geographical determinism, discusses geology, climate, and communication routes, as well as population distribution, ethnicity, and agriculture - including prescient observations about the conflicts of geography and ethnicity - and provides fascinating evidence for the British perception of the area in the build-up to the conflict. It also illuminates the close relationship between archaeological and political interests in the period and Hogarth's wide-ranging career in both fields.