Gertrude Bell and Iraq - A Life and Legacy

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a key figure in the setting up of the Iraqi state and monarchy after the First World War. Arabist, Persian speaker, scholar, and traveller, she was an imperial administrator with a deep concern for the archaeological heritage of Iraq. Her legacy endures both in the shape of the Iraqi state and also in the Iraq Museum.

List of contents

• List of Illustrations


• Notes on Contributors


• Acknowledgements


• 1: Paul Collins and Charles Tripp: Introduction


• Part I: Gertrude Bell and the Ottoman Empire


• 2: Peter Sluglett: Gertrude Bell and the Ottoman Empire


• Part II: Gertrude Bell and Archaeology


• 3: Mark P. C. Jackson: A Critical Examination of Gertrude Bell's Contribution to Archaeological Research in Central Asia Minor


• 4: Lisa Cooper: 'Better than any ruined site in the world' - Gertrude Bell and the Ancient City of Assur


• 5: Rosalind Wade Haddon: What Gertrude Bell did for Islamic Archaeology


• Part III: Gertrude Bell - A Woman in a Man's World


• 6: Helen Berry: Gertrude Bell - Pioneer, Anti-Suffragist, Feminist Icon?


• 7: Tamara Chalabi: Fragments of a Mirror: The Writing of Gertrude Bell


• Part IV: Gertrude Bell and the Making of the Iraqi State


• 8: Myriam Yakoubi: Gertrude Bell's Perception of Faisal I of Iraq and the Anglo-Arab Romance


• 9: Saad B. Eskander: Gertrude Bell and the Formation of the Iraqi State: The Kurdish Dimension


• Part V: Gertrude Bell and Iraqi Heritage


• 10: Magnus T. Bernhardsson: Gertrude Bell and the Antiquities Law of Iraq


• 11: Ian Johnson: Gertrude Bell and the Evolution of the Library Tradition in Iraq


• 12: Lamia Al-Gailani Werr: Gertrude Bell in the Archive of the Iraq Museum


• Appendix


• 13: Janet E Courtney (née Hogarth) introduced by Moayad Hanoush: In Memoriam: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (July 14, 1868 - July 12, 1926)


• Index

About the author

Charles Tripp is Professor of Middle East Politics at University of London.

Paul Collins is Curator for Ancient Near East at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at University of Oxford.

Summary

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a key figure in the setting up of the Iraqi state and monarchy after the First World War. Arabist, Persian speaker, scholar, and traveller, she was an imperial administrator with a deep concern for the archaeological heritage of Iraq. Her legacy endures both in the shape of the Iraqi state and also in the Iraq Museum.

Additional text

this is a fascinating and significant collection of papers.

Product details

• Authors: Paul (Curator for Ancient Near East Collins
• Assisted by: Paul Collins (Editor), Charles Tripp (Editor), Tripp Charles (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2017
• EAN: 9780197266076
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726607-6
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Proceedings of the British Academy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, Middle East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political structure & processes, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, Archaeology by period / region, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Political structure and processes, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Middle & Near Eastern archaeology