Few works about the Middle East have exerted such wide and long-lasting influence as Edward William Lane's An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. First published in 1836, this classic book has never gone out of print, continuously providing material and inspiration for generations of scholars, writers, and travelers, who have praised its comprehensiveness, detail, and perception. Yet the editions in print during most of the twentieth century would not have met Lane's approval. Lacking parts of Lane's text and many of his original illustrations (while adding many that were not his), they were based on what should have been ephemeral editions, published long after the author's death. Meanwhile, the definitive fifth edition of 1860, the result of a quarter century of Lane's corrections, reconsiderations, and additions, long ago disappeared from bookstore shelves. Now the 1860 edition of Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians is available in paperback, with a useful general introduction by Jason Thompson. Lane's greatest work enters the twenty-first century in precisely the form that he wanted.
Subtitle: The Definitive 1860 Edition
By: Edward William Lane ; introduced by Jason Thompson.
Contributors: Thompson, Jason, 1950-
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cairo; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9789774165078
Subjects: Egypt -- Social life and customs
Other titles: Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians; Modern Egyptians
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Reprinted from the fifth edition of 1860."