Overview
"""In the aftermath of World War I, the beaten paths of tourism guided an increasing number of international tourists to the hinterlands of the Arab Eastern Mediterranean, where they would admire pyramids and Roman ruins. Yet they were not the only visitors: Arab nationalists gathered in summer resorts, and Yishuvi skiing clubs practised on Lebanese mountain slopes. By catering to these travellers, local tour guides and advocates of tourism development pursued their agendas. The book unearths unexpected connections between tourism and the emergence of nation-states in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. Arab middle-class actors striving for independence, Zionist settlers and mandate officials presented their visions of the post-Ottoman spatial order to an international audience of tourists. At the same time, mobilities and infrastructures of tourism shaped the material conditions of this order. Tourism thus helps us to understand the transformations of Arab societies in their global context, and its history is a colourful story of the emergence of the modern Middle East. """
Full Product Details
Author: Jasmin Daam
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Imprint: Leiden University Press
ISBN: 9789087283919
ISBN 10: 9087283911
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book is an amazingly rich and meticulously researched study of the history of tourism development across the Eastern Mediterranean during the interwar period. It addresses a critical and understudied era in the history of tourism in the Middle East, while also offering a new and original angle to explore the politics of the nation and state formation in the colonial/Mandate era. The scope of the project is very impressive as it covers Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon using diverse original archives and other materials across several languages. The careful attention to detail and close reading of parliamentary debates, travelogues, letters, photos and other materials is sustained throughout the chapters. - Waleed Hazbun, University of Alabama
This book is an amazingly rich and meticulously researched study of the history of tourism development across the Eastern Mediterranean during the interwar period. It addresses a critical and understudied era in the history of tourism in the Middle East, while also offering a new and original angle to explore the politics of the nation and state formation in the colonial/Mandate era. The scope of the project is very impressive as it covers Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon using diverse original archives and other materials across several languages. The careful attention to detail and close reading of parliamentary debates, travelogues, letters, photos and other materials is sustained throughout the chapters. – Waleed Hazbun, University of Alabama
Author Information
Jasmin Daam worked as a teaching and research assistant at the University of Kassel (Germany) at the chair for Global History from 2015 to 2020. In addition, she has been a member of the research network ‘The Modern Mediterranean: Dynamics of a World Region, 1800-2000’ since 2016.
