Contents

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