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9%OFFPenelope Tuson - Playing the Game: Western Women in Arabia - 9781860649332 - V9781860649332
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Playing the Game: Western Women in Arabia

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Description for Playing the Game: Western Women in Arabia Hardcover. Penelope Tuson tells the stories of the Western women who lived, worked and travelled in Arabia in the first half of the 20th century. Sometimes flamboyant and unconventional, sometimes conservative and conformist, all of them wanted in some way to be a part of British imperial life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
The lives of the Western women who lived, worked and travelled in Arabia in the first half of the 20th century have been largely ignored by historians. Penelope Tuson tells the stories of these women. Sometimes flamboyant and unconventional, sometimes conservative and conformist, all of them wanted in some way to be a part of British imperial life. Some were prepared to "play the game", others were not and could even be regarded as difficult and dangerous. "Playing the Game" explores how these women negotiated power and position in the Empire and how conventional female roles were defined by the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860649332
SKU
V9781860649332
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Ref
99-10

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