Port Said and Ismailia as Desert Marvels: (Record no. 14027)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Carminati, Lucia |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Port Said and Ismailia as Desert Marvels: |
| Sub Title | Delusion and Frustration on the Isthmus of Suez, 1859-1869/ |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Sage, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Pages | Vol 46, Issue 3, 2020 ( 622–647 p.). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In April 1859, one hundred and fifty laborers gathered on Egypt’s northern shore. When pickaxes first hit the land to be parted from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, not only was the Suez Canal initiated, but the coastal city of Port Said was also born. Two more cities, Ismailia (1862) and Port Tewfik (1867), were later founded along the waterway. This article analyzes the ways in which the environment of the isthmus of Suez changed upon the digging of the canal as well as the ideas that germinated around such changes. By relying on published memoirs, travel accounts, and archival documents, I explore how Western contemporaries viewed the isthmus desert and constructed narratives around the urbanization and the peopling of the area. I argue that they sanctioned the myth that Western initiative alone could transform the isthmus sands into flower gardens, thus disregarding realities on the ground. |
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| Host Biblionumber | 9176 |
| Host Itemnumber | 16956 |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Thousand Oaks Sage Publications |
| Title | Journal of urban history |
| International Standard Serial Number | 00961442 |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144218821342 |
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