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Parting the desert : the creation of the Suez Canal /
By: Karabell, Zachary
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Publisher: London : John Murray, 2004Description: 320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0719561728; 9780719561726:.Subject(s): Canals -- Egypt -- Design and construction | Suez Canal (Egypt) -- History | Egypt -- Foreign relations -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 386.4309 Summary: The building of the Suez Canal was considered the greatest engineering feat of the 19th century, but, as Zachary Karabell shows in this book, there was much more to it than just a marvel of construction. In addition, this book describes an extraordinary meeting between East and West.
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The building of the Suez Canal was considered the greatest engineering feat of the 19th century, but, as Zachary Karabell shows in this book, there was much more to it than just a marvel of construction. In addition, this book describes an extraordinary meeting between East and West.