Arminius Vambéry and the British Empire
Subtitle: Between East and West
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781498538244
Subjects: Scholars; Hungary, biography; Jews, biography; Diplomats, biography; Travelers; East and west; Asia, relations; Great britain, relations, foreign countries
Description: "This study examines the life of Arminius Vambéry, the nineteenth-century Hungarian writer, intellectual, and informal diplomat who traveled extensively throughout Central Asia. It uses his experiences to explore the identity politics of the period and the political and intellectual concept of Orientalism"--Provided by publisher.