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Studying Political Satire: Introduction to "The Egyptian Red Book" (m12817)
Keywords: British Empire, British Parliament, cartoons, Egypt, Egyptian Red Book, General Charles Gordon, Khartoum (Sudan), Mahdi, microfiche, microform, Parliamentary Papers, political cartoon, political criticism, political satire british, Soudan, Sudan, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, William Gladstone
Summary: An introduction and table of contents that describes and provides access to the different learning modules in the Egyptian Red Book course. The course itself is a virtual research project that centers on the nineteenth-century political satire "The Egyptian Red Book," which is part of the Travelers in the ... research libraries.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 73.54%
Revised: 2006-09-19
Revisions: 13
Breaking Out (m15724)
Keywords: Acord, Allen, Ambition, Ament, Apple, Bill, Bowker, Charles, Demons, Edstrom, Fremont, Gates, Gordon, Howard, James, Jeff, Jobs, Kathryn, Lynn, Macintosh, Microsoft, Monstrance, MS-DOS, Pam, Paul, Philip, Redhook, Robinson, Schultz, Schuyler, Seattle, Simonyi, Smallwood, Starbucks, Steve
Summary: Navigating among the emerging famous.
Subject: Arts
Popularity: 57.10%
Revised: 2009-10-20
Revisions: 2
Identifying Historical Figures: The Souvenir of Egypt (m13017)
Keywords: art & artifacts, dictionaries, Egypt, encyclopedias, history, library resources, online research, orientalism, ornamental motifs, reference section, Souvenir of Egypt, symbolic themes, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, visual culture
Summary: "Identifying Historical Figures: The Souvenir of Egypt" examines the portraits appearing in the imagery of the decorative silk called "The Souvenir of Egypt," which is collected in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive. Here, we will search for the identity of each person represented in the portraits on the ... of Egypt.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 88.76%
Revised: 2006-10-06
Revisions: 7
Leading Nineteenth Century Publishers of Travel Guidebooks to Egypt (m15453)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Egypt, guidebooks, history, publishing, TIMEA, travel, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: Part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA), this module describes the history of three of the leading publishers of travel guidebooks in the nineteenth century: John Murray and Sons, Thomas Cook Ltd., and Karl Baedeker. It focuses on guidebooks to Egypt and provides links to the full text of these books in TIMEA.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 79.71%
Revised: 2007-11-14
Revisions: 3
Places in Egypt: Lower Egypt (m14017)
Keywords: Alexandria, Al Jīzah, Banhā, Cairo, Egypt, geography, Heliopolis, Imbābah, Ismailia, Lower Egypt, maps, Pithom, Port Said, Rosetta, Suez, Suez Canal, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: Provides background information to some significant places in Lower Egypt that are represented in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) collection of digital texts, images and maps. Part 2 of a 4-part course on identifying places in Egypt, including major cities, archaeological sites, and regions.
Subject: Humanities
Popularity: 99.61%
Revised: 2009-04-19
Revisions: 5
Places in Egypt: Upper Egypt (m14019)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Abu Simbel, Al Fashn, Al Kāb, Al Karnak, Aswān, Dandarah, Dayr al Bahrī, Egypt, geography, Idfū, Isnā, Luxor, maps, Nubia, Philae, Ramesseum, Thebes, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, Upper Egypt
Summary: Provides background information to some significant places in Upper Egypt that are represented in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) collection of digital texts, images and maps. Part 4 of a 4-part course on identifying places in Egypt, including major cities, archaeological sites, and regions.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 98.42%
Revised: 2007-04-26
Revisions: 3
Places in Egypt: Middle Egypt (m14018)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Abīdūs, Ma’bad, Abydos, Al-Fayyūm, Asyūt, Egypt, geography, Jirjā, maps, Masārah, Memphis, Saqqarah, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: Provides background information to some significant places in Middle Egypt that are represented in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) collection of digital texts, images and maps. Part 3 of a 4-part course on identifying places in Egypt, including major cities, archaeological sites, and regions.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 92.34%
Revised: 2007-05-03
Revisions: 3
Egypt through the Stereoscope: Stereography and Virtual Travel (m13785)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Art and Artifacts, cultural history, Daily Life and Customs, Egypt, Egypt through the Stereoscope, history of photography, James Henry Breasted, Photography, Stereoscopic -- History, stereograph, stereoscope, stereoscopy, TIMEA, Travel and Transportation, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, visual studies
Summary: Examines how stereographs were used as a means of virtual travel. Focuses on James Henry Breasted's "Egypt through the Stereoscope" (1905, 1908). Provides context for resources in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). Part 3 of a 4 part course called "History through the Stereoscope."
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 84.07%
Revised: 2007-12-21
Revisions: 4
Using TIMEA Modules (m13868)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: annotations, Connexions, Middle East, organizing courses, research, teaching, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: This module describes how to navigate a Connexions module and highlights some of key features, such as adding annotations and assembling modules into your own course. "Using TIMEA Modules" is part 2 of a 5-part course that helps instructors use modules associated with TIMEA (Travelers in the Middle East ... using Connexions.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 60.92%
Revised: 2007-12-14
Revisions: 5
1882 Minutes of the New York Etching Club (m19791)
Keywords: Academy, Charles, Club, Craig, Design, Etching, Falconer, Fredericks, James, John, Moran, National, New, Nicoll, Peter, Platt, Salmagundi, Shirlaw, Sketch, Smillie, Stephen, Thomas, Walter, Waterman, Wood, York
Summary: Minutes of the New York Etching Club's sixth year.
Subject: Arts
Language: English
Popularity: 67.24%
Revised: 2009-08-05
Revisions: 4
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