Tea on the Terrace: Hotels and Egyptologists Social Networks, 18851925
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Tea on the Terrace: Hotels and Egyptologists Social Networks, 18851925
By (Author) Kathleen Sheppard
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
9th August 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of science
932.0090909
Physical Properties
Hardback
232
Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 17mm
540g
Description
Histories of Egyptology often focus on the excavation site, site report, or the museum when talking about important places in the development of the discipline.
Tea on the terrace focuses instead on the hotels Egyptologists stayed in before going out to excavate, and after they returned, as major sites of discipline-building activities. Here they met friends and colleagues, drank tea, ate meals and talked with one another. Throughout their time together, they built the discipline of Egyptology in an exclusive space European-run Egyptian hotels.
Author Bio
Kathleen Sheppard is Associate Professor in the History and Political Science Department at Missouri S&T
