Gertrude Bell and Iraq : A Life and Legacy, Hardcover by Collins, Paul (EDT);...

Description: Gertrude Bell and Iraq : A Life and Legacy, Hardcover by Collins, Paul (EDT); Tripp, Charles (EDT), ISBN 019726607X, ISBN-13 9780197266076, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This is a major re-evaluation of the life and legacy of Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1), the renowned scholar, explorer, writer, archaeologist, and British civil servant. Th examines Gertrude Bells role in shaping British policy in the Middle East in the first part of the 20th
century, her views of the cultures and peoples of the region, and her unusual position as a woman occupying a senior position in the British imperial administration. It focuses particularly on her involvement in Iraq and the part she played in the establishment of the Iraqi monarchy and the Iraqi
state.

In addition, th examines her interests in Iraqs ancient past. She was instrumental in drawing up Iraqs first Antiquities Law in 1922 and in the foundation of the Iraq Museum in 1923.

Gertrude Bell refused to be constrained by the expectations of the day, and was able to succeed in a mans world of high politics and diplomacy. She remains a controversial figure, however, especially in the context of the founding of the modern state of Iraq. Does she represent a more innocent age
when the country was born out of the remnants of the Ottoman Empire, or does she personify the attitudes and decisions that have created todays divided Middle East? The volumes authors bring new insights to these questions.

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