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An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians
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An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians Paperback - 2012

by Lane, Edward William/ Thompson, Jason (Introduction by)

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Amer Univ in Cairo Pr, 2012. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 619 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.75 inches.
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  • Title An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians
  • Author Lane, Edward William/ Thompson, Jason (Introduction by)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 664
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Amer Univ in Cairo Pr
  • Date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # __9774165608
  • ISBN 9789774165603 / 9774165608
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 1.7 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 4.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012532445
  • Dewey Decimal Code 962.03

From the publisher

Few works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane's An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for generations of scholars, writers, and travelers, who have praised its comprehensiveness, detail, and perception. Yet the editions in print during most of the twentieth century would not have met Lane's approval. Lacking parts of Lane's text and many of his original illustrations (while adding many that were not his), they were based on what should have been ephemeral editions, published long after the author's death. Meanwhile, the definitive fifth edition of 1860, the result of a quarter century of Lane's corrections, reconsiderations, and additions, long ago disappeared from bookstore shelves. Now the 1860 edition of Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians is available again, with a useful general introduction by Jason Thompson. Lane's greatest work enters the twenty-first century in precisely the form that he wanted.

About the author

Edward William Lane (1801-76), a name known to almost everyone in all the many fields of Middle East studies, was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839-41), Selections from the Kur-an (1843), and the Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93). In 2000, his long-forgotten manuscript Description of Egypt was published for the first time by the AUC Press.

Jason Thompson is currently a visiting professor at Bates College. He is the editor of Lane's Description of Egypt (AUC Press, 2000) and the author of A History of Egypt: From Earliest Times to the Present ( AUC Press, 2008) and Edward William Lane, 1801-76 ( AUC Press, 2010).