The Nile : histories, cultures, myths /
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. |
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| Description: | xi, 305 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4146725 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1. Peoples and Identities in Medieval Times
- 2. The Spread of Islam and the Nubian Dam
- Notes
- 3. Ethiopia's Alleged Control of the Nile
- Notes
- 4. Consolidation of Christianity Around the Source of the Blue Nile
- Notes
- 5. Did Jewish Influence Reach Ethiopia Via the Nile?
- Notes
- 6. Arab Geographers, the Nile, and the History of Bilad Al-Sudan
- Notes
- Part 2. The Nile as Seen from a Distance
- 7. Up the River or Down the River? an Afrocentrist Dilemma
- Notes
- 8. Renaissance Geographical Literature and the Nile
- Notes
- 9. The Legend of the Blue Nile in Europe
- Notes
- 10. The "gondar Utopia"
- Notes
- 11. The Nile as a Gateway for Missionary Activity in Abyssinia
- Notes
- Part 3. Old Waters, Modern Identities
- 12. The Father of Rivers: the Nile in Ethiopian Literature
- Notes
- 13. Brothers Along the Nile: Egyptian Concepts of Race and Ethnicity, 1895-1910
- Notes
- 14. Egypt, Ethiopia, and "the Abyssinian Crisis, " 1935-1936
- Notes
- 15. Geographers and Nationalism in Egypt: Huzayyin and the Unity of the Nile Valley, 1945-1948
- Notes
- Part 4. Contemporary Voices
- 16. The Aswan High Dam and Revolutionary Symbolism in Egypt
- Notes
- 17. The Nile in Egyptian-Sudanese Relations, 1956-1995
- Notes
- 18. Removing the Nubians: the Halfawis at Khashm Al-Girba
- Notes
- 19. In Search of the Nile Waters, 1900-2000
- Notes
- 20. Conclusion: Historical Legacies and Present Concerns
- Bibliography
- The Contributors
- Index
- About the Book