Middle Eastern Studies, January 1st, 1996
This book is a constant enchantment, and one wonders why such a study has not been previously attempted. Now that the attempt has been made, it is clear that no one could have done better than Zeynep Celik. The mutual discovery of the East and the West is presented through the most striking and significant points of encounter. The effect is that of a magnifying glass, through which one looks at the different facets of the discovery of the Orient by western civilization (Europe and America), particularly in the nineteenth century. The series of fairs in which the East was presented to the Wes...
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