Author: Bell, Gertrude L.
Title: Syria. The desert and the sown.
Description: London, Darf, 1985. XVI,347 pp.B./w. text-ills & 1 fold. map. Orig. hardcover (red boards, gilt lettered on spine), d./j. Lady Gertrude Lowthian Bell presents a unique and sensitive picture of the Syrian subjects of the Ottoman Empire shortly after the turn of the century. Her sympathy with the people and her respect for their traditions raises this book well above the ordinary travel book.

Keywords: Ethnography Asia Syria Etnografie Azië Syrië