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Chapter 4. Travel in Search of Practical Wisdom

The Modern Theôriai of al-Tahtawi and Tocquwville
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Journeys to the Other Shore
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Note on Transliteration and Spelling xiii
  5. Chapter 1. Frontiers: Walls and Windows 1
  6. Chapter 2. Traveling Theorists and Translating Practices 20
  7. Chapter 3. Liars, Travelers, Theorists: Herodotus and Ibn Battuta 46
  8. Chapter 4. Travel in Search of Practical Wisdom 90
  9. Chapter 5. Gender, Genre, and Travel 134
  10. Chapter 6. Cosmopolitanisms Past and Present, Islamic and Western 174
  11. Notes 199
  12. Glossary of Arabic and Greek Terms 267
  13. Bibliography 271
  14. Index 303
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827497.90

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Note on Transliteration and Spelling xiii
  5. Chapter 1. Frontiers: Walls and Windows 1
  6. Chapter 2. Traveling Theorists and Translating Practices 20
  7. Chapter 3. Liars, Travelers, Theorists: Herodotus and Ibn Battuta 46
  8. Chapter 4. Travel in Search of Practical Wisdom 90
  9. Chapter 5. Gender, Genre, and Travel 134
  10. Chapter 6. Cosmopolitanisms Past and Present, Islamic and Western 174
  11. Notes 199
  12. Glossary of Arabic and Greek Terms 267
  13. Bibliography 271
  14. Index 303
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