In Search of Nomads
Subtitle: An English Obsession from Hester Stanhope to Bruce Chatwin
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: March 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780786713202
Subjects: Nomads; Social life and customs; History; 19th Century World History; History Of Civilization And Culture (General); Travelers; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Social History; Anthropology - General; Emigration & Immigration; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Customs & Traditions; Great Britain
First sentence: THE Bakhtiari pastoral tribes of southern Persia have always been a magnet to English - and sometimes American - travellers.