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Napoleon Bonaparte's goal in setting sail for Egypt in 1798 was to establish new colonies for the French and to threaten British trade with India. While the immediate impact of the invasion has been the subject of many studies, it should also be considered in the context of the geopolitics of the period and the longer-term historical trends in Egypt. The papers in this volume consider all aspects of the French occupation and trace its repercussions into the late twentieth century. The background to the invasion is analyzed, including political and economic trends, French/British rivalry, French colonial fortunes and populist French Republican ideology. The work of the savants, those engineers and mathematicians who mapped and recorded ancient Egyptian artifacts, is shown to have had a formative influence on modern archaeological practice. The post-occupation contributions of French technocrats are exemplified by the pioneering work of a military surgeon. The contentious debate over the

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• Pełny tytuł: Napoleon in Egypt
• Autor: Irene A. Bierman
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 187
• EAN: 9780863722998
• ISBN: 0863722997
• ID: 11556893
• Wydawca: ITHACA PR
• Data wydania: October 2003

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