Könyv Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal Zachary Karabell

Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal

Szerző: Zachary Karabell
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Puha kötésű
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten
Küldés 14-21 napon belül
6 614 Ft
Award-winning historian Zachary Karabell tells the epic story of the greatest engineering feat of th...

Információk a könyvről

Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Puha kötésű
Kiadva
2004
oldal
320
EAN
9780375708121
ISBN
037570812X
Enbook ID
11406535
Súly
313
Méretek
132 x 202 x 22

Teljes leírás

Award-winning historian Zachary Karabell tells the epic story of the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century--the building of the Suez Canal-- and shows how it changed the world. The dream was a waterway that would unite the East and the West, and the ambitious, energetic French diplomat and entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lesseps was the mastermind behind the project. Lesseps saw the project through fifteen years of financial challenges, technical obstacles, and political intrigues. He convinced ordinary French citizens to invest their money, and he won the backing of Napoleon III and of Egypt's prince Muhammad Said. But the triumph was far from perfect: the construction relied heavily on forced labor and technical and diplomatic obstacles constantly threatened completion. The inauguration in 1869 captured the imagination of the world. The Suez Canal was heralded as a symbol of progress that would unite nations, but its legacy is mixed. Parting the Desert is both a transporting narrative and a meditation on the origins of the modern Middle East.

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