β Scribed by Fuad Shaban
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Contents
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introductory Essay
1. A Place for My People: The Pilgrims in the New World
2. The Star in the West: The United States as the Light of the World
3. The Prophet's Progress: American Understanding of Islam
4. The Shores of Tripoli: America's First Encounter with the Muslim World
5. The Great Commission: American Missionaries in the Muslem World
6. Eastward Ho: American Travellers in the Muslim World
7. The Vision of Zion: The American Myth of the City on a Hill
8. The Dream of Baghdad: The Orient of the Romantic Imagination
Conclusion: American Orientalism
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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