Author: H.G. LyonsPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1176444603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
The cadastral survey of Egypt 1892-1907
Author: H.G. LyonsPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1176444603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
The Cadastral Survey of Egypt 1892-1907
Author: Egypt. Maṣlaḥat al-MisāḥahPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The Cadastral Survey of Egypt
Author: H. G. LyonsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282031848
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Excerpt from The Cadastral Survey of Egypt: 1892-1907 The annual grant was increased to admit of additional staff being employed, as the work was greatly hindered in Upper Egypt, where the land lay under the waters of the inundation for nearly three months, and where measurements in the field were consequently impracticable from the middle of August to the middle of November. Only by working at high pressure and by adopting every device which might save time was the work completed Within the term specified. This period corresponded, too, with one of rapid expansion in many Government departments, so that no little difficulty was experienced in obtaining employees who possessed any but the most elementary education; in fact, ability to read and write Arabic and to do simple arithmetic were the only qualifications demanded of those who were recruited for training as land-measurers. All these were Egyptians, and several English inspectors to direct and supervise were the only Europeans employed in the work of the chain survey. A few Euro peans were employed in the Central Computation Office, and others in the Drawing Office, where the preparation of topographical maps on scales of l and l was carried on, but the whole of the cadastral field work, the minor triangulation, the autographic reproduction of the cadastral maps, and most of the computation was carried out by Egyptian employees under the English inspectors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Egypt. Survey Dept. Survey Department Papers
Author: The Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948
Author: Dov GavishPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135766657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of those who implemented it. This study shows that the roots of the modern survey system of Palestine are to be sought in the Balfour Declaration and its implications regarding land in Palestine. The land issue was at the core of the mapping of Mandatory Palestine, and it remains as a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
Dislocating the Orient
Author: Daniel FoliardPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022645133X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
While the twentieth century’s conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle East itself have been largely ignored. With Dislocating the Orient, Daniel Foliard tells the story of how the land was brought into being, exploring how maps, knowledge, and blind ignorance all participated in the construction of this imagined region. Foliard vividly illustrates how the British first defined the Middle East as a geopolitical and cartographic region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through their imperial maps. Until then, the region had never been clearly distinguished from “the East” or “the Orient.” In the course of their colonial activities, however, the British began to conceive of the Middle East as a separate and distinct part of the world, with consequences that continue to be felt today. As they reimagined boundaries, the British produced, disputed, and finally dramatically transformed the geography of the area—both culturally and physically—over the course of their colonial era. Using a wide variety of primary texts and historical maps to show how the idea of the Middle East came into being, Dislocating the Orient will interest historians of the Middle East, the British empire, cultural geography, and cartography.
The Lighthouse and the Observatory
Author: Daniel A. StolzPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110817406X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy, imperial bureaucrats, traditionally educated Muslim scholars, and reformist Islamic publications, such as The Lighthouse, are linked to examine the making of knowledge, the performance of piety, and the operation of political power through scientific practice. Contrary to ideas of Islamic scientific decline, Muslim scholars in the nineteenth century used a dynamic tradition of knowledge to measure time, compute calendars, and predict planetary positions. The rise of a 'new astronomy' is revealed to owe much to projects of political and religious reform: from the strengthening of the multiple empires that exercised power over the Nile Valley; to the 'modernization' of Islamic centers of learning; to the dream of a global Islamic community that would rely on scientific institutions to coordinate the timing of major religious duties.
Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York
Author: Report of the Library Syndicate
Author: Cambridge University LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
Report of the Library Syndicate for the Year ...
Author: Cambridge University LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description