No myopic mirage: Alexander and Patrick Russell in Aleppo
Titel:
No myopic mirage: Alexander and Patrick Russell in Aleppo
Auteur:
Starkey, Janet C. M.
Verschenen in:
History and anthropology
Paginering:
Jaargang 13 (2002) nr. 4 pagina's 257-273
Jaar:
2002
Inhoud:
Alexander Russell, M.D. (1715?-1768), with the Levant Company in Aleppo between 1740 and 1753, wrote The Natural History of Aleppo (1756); the 1794 edition was edited by his half-brother, Patrick Russell, M.D. (1726-1805). In the two editions these Scottish doctors enthusiastically describe Aleppo's opulent and orderly world. An abbreviated version, A Description of Aleppo and the Adjacent Parts (c. 1757), presumably for popular consumption, presents some of Alexander's observations. By exploring this description, traditionally placed within the Natural Scientific tradition of the eighteenth century, the aim of the essay is to explore concepts across the academic divide between history and anthropology.
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