
Archaeologists, Tourists, Interpreters
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This study, based on published and unpublished travel memoirs, guidebooks, personal papers and archaeological reports of the British and American archaeologists, deals with the socio-political status and multi-faceted role of interpreters at the time. Those bi- or multi-lingual individuals frequently took on (or were forced to take on) much more than just interpreting. They often played the role of go-betweens, servants, bodyguards, pimps, diplomats, spies, messengers, managers and overseers, and had to mediate, scheme and often improvise, whether in an official or unofficial capacity.
For the most part denied due credit and recognition, these interpreters are finally here given a new voice. An engrossing story emerges of how through their many and varied actions and roles, they had a crucial part to play in the introduction to Britain and America of these mysterious past cultures and civilizations.
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Maya Muratov is Assistant Professor of Art History at Adelphi University, USA.
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Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Interpreting the Orient
2. Mediating Language and Culture
Dragomans and Tourists
The Profession of Dragoman
Innocents Abroad
Managing Clients
Learning Arabic
3. Archaeologists in the Field
Flinders Petrie in Egypt and Palestine
T. E. Lawrence in Egypt and Syria
Sir Leonard Woolley
Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie
4. Americans in the 'Land of the Bible'
The Wolfe Expedition
The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania 1888-1890: First and Second Campaigns
5. Daniel Z. Noorian: the 'Afterlife' of an Interpreter
6. Solomon Negima: A Dragoman and his Clients
The Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima
Interpreter on the Nile
Dragoman in Palestine
Oxford to Palestine and Alone Through Syria
Floyd House
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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