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Name: Studying Political Satire: "The Egyptian Red Book"
ID: col10290
Language: English (en)
Summary: This course demonstrates how to conduct historical research through a case study of a nineteenth-century work of British political satire, "The Egyptian Red Book." It examines how to categorize historical documents, how to identify images of unknown figures, and how to decode satire from a different historical period. It will introduce a variety of research techniques used by historians as well as a number of resources available at research libraries.
Collection Subtype: Course
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: british empire, british parliament, cartoons, Egypt, Egyptian Red Book, General Charles Gordon, Khartoum (Sudan), Mahdi, parliamentary papers, political cartoon, political criticism, political satire british, Soudan, Sudan, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, William Gladstone
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: David Getman (dpgetman@rice.edu), Paula Sanders (sanders@rice.edu), Lisa Spiro (lspiro@sparta.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: David Getman (dpgetman@rice.edu), Paula Sanders (sanders@rice.edu)
Maintainers: David Getman (dpgetman@rice.edu), Paula Sanders (sanders@rice.edu), Lisa Spiro (lspiro@sparta.rice.edu)
Version: 1.6 (history)
Created: Jun 20, 2005 2:44 pm GMT-5
Revised: Sep 19, 2006 5:18 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.6 Sep 19, 2006 5:18 am GMT-5 by Lisa Spiro
Changes: 
updated links, metadata and introduction
Version: 1.5 Jun 12, 2006 10:14 am GMT-5 by Lisa Spiro
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Edited metadata, changed title, generalized module
Version: 1.4 Mar 11, 2006 11:50 am US/Central by David Getman
Changes: 
Added link to TIMEA
Version: 1.3 Jul 13, 2005 1:22 pm GMT-5 by David Getman
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basic update
Version: 1.2 Jul 13, 2005 1:06 pm GMT-5 by David Getman
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basic update
Version: 1.1 Jul 6, 2005 9:17 am GMT-5 by David Getman
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Getman D, Sanders P, Spiro L. Studying Political Satire: "The Egyptian Red Book" [Connexions Web site]. September 19, 2006. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/col10290/1.6/.

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Getman, D., Sanders, P., & Spiro, L. (2006, September 19). Studying Political Satire: "The Egyptian Red Book". Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/col10290/1.6/

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Getman, David, Paula Sanders, and Lisa Spiro. "Studying Political Satire: "The Egyptian Red Book"." Connexions. September 19, 2006. http://cnx.org/content/col10290/1.6/.

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David Getman, Paula Sanders, and Lisa Spiro, "Studying Political Satire: "The Egyptian Red Book"," Connexions, September 19, 2006, http://cnx.org/content/col10290/1.6/.

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Getman, D., Sanders, P., & Spiro, L. 2006. Studying Political Satire: "The Egyptian Red Book". Connexions, September 19, 2006. http://cnx.org/content/col10290/1.6/.

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Getman, David, Paula Sanders, and Lisa Spiro. Studying Political Satire: "The Egyptian Red Book". Connexions. 19 Sep. 2006 <http://cnx.org/content/col10290/1.6/>.