Islam and Arabs in Early American Thought: Roots of Orientalism in AmericaThis book chronicles the dreams, illusions and aspirations of American missionaries, world travellers and national leaders, from colonial times forward, as they sought to establish "an American Israel" in the Holy Land. In their dispositions the reader can glimpse the battleground for Christian Americans and Middle Eastern Moslems in succeeding centuries. The author brings insights from his own religious roots to complement his grasp of the American phenomena which produced Orientalism. He traces the fundamentalist movements and national philosophies which influenced Americans to view themselves as the "Chosen People" and to extend their missionary resolves to the policy of "Manifest Destiny." Thus the future of American-Arab relations in the Middle East was set upon antithetical paths. |
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... Lynch's Narrative of the United States ' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea , which was published in May 1849 , was issued in a second edition in November of the same year . By 1853 Lynch's Narrative ran into a ninth ...
... Lynch's Narrative of the United States ' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea , which was published in May 1849 , was issued in a second edition in November of the same year . By 1853 Lynch's Narrative ran into a ninth ...
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... Lynch Narrative , vi . The demand for Oriental travel accounts can be seen also in a notice by the publishers of one of the earliest missionary travel works written by Josiah Brewer . The notice says that the second edition of Brewer's ...
... Lynch Narrative , vi . The demand for Oriental travel accounts can be seen also in a notice by the publishers of one of the earliest missionary travel works written by Josiah Brewer . The notice says that the second edition of Brewer's ...
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... Lynch , 127 , 280-81 and his Official Report of the United States ' Expedition to Explore the Dead Sea and the River ... Lynch , Report , 17 . 47. Lynch , Narrative , 260 . 48. Irving , 23-24 . 49. Emerson , Journals , 1 : 327–8 . 50 ...
... Lynch , 127 , 280-81 and his Official Report of the United States ' Expedition to Explore the Dead Sea and the River ... Lynch , Report , 17 . 47. Lynch , Narrative , 260 . 48. Irving , 23-24 . 49. Emerson , Journals , 1 : 327–8 . 50 ...
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A Place for My People | 1 |
The Star in the West | 15 |
The Prophets Progress | 27 |
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