Emperors of the Gaze: Photographic Practices and Productions of Space in Egypt, 1839–1914

Picturing Place: Photography and the Geographical Imagination

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 195-225

  Gregory, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003268260-12     Document Type: Chapter

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