Main entry:

Facey, William, 1948-

Title & Author:

Kuwait by the first photographers / William Facey and Gillian Grant.

Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In the U.S. and Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Description:

128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 x 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127) and index.
Kuwait: the Past Reflected, 1900-1950 -- Russian ships at Kuwait, 1900-1903 -- Lord Curzon, 1903 -- Hermann Burchardt, 1903 -- Showing the flag: the British navy 1904-1912 -- Captain W.H.I. Shakespear, 1909-1914 -- Barclay Raunkiaer, 1912 -- Lord Hardinge, 1915 -- The Arabian Mission, 1910-1920s -- Arnold Heims, 1924 -- Defending an ally: the British, 1920-1929 -- Gerald Selous (1930) and G. Ward-Smith (1933) -- Harold and Violet Dickson, 1929-1936 -- C.J. Edmonds 1934 and 1937 -- George Rendel, 1937 -- Freya Stark, 1932 and 1937 -- Gerald de Gaury and the Lindts, 1936-1939 -- Alan Villiers, 1939 -- Second World War photography, 1940 and 1944 -- Wilfred Thesiger, 1945 and 1949.

Summary:

"Kuwait by the First Photographers documents the period between 1900 and 1950, which saw Kuwait's emergence from a vulnerable shaikhdom negotiating a precarious independence amongst neighbouring powers - the British in India and the Gulf, the Ottoman Turks in Mesopotamia, and the central Arabian chieftaincies of Ha'il and Riyadh - to a nation state with the highest per capita income in the world."--BOOK JACKET. "It is an outstanding visual record of a crucial time before the centuries-old way of life, centring on pearling, fishing, boat-building and trade by land and sea, was swept away. Kuwait's people, with no natural resources of their own, not even fresh water, managed by skilful use of their geopolitical position and traditional skills to make Kuwait not only the foremost Arabian port in the Gulf, but also a force to be reckoned with in north-east Arabia."--BOOK JACKET. "The pictures are organised broadly by chronology and photographer. Pictures are captioned in detail, and all picture sources - in the UK, US and Europe - are given, making this an indispensable guide for scholars of the region. The images are introduced by a text setting them in their historical context and tracing the development of photography in the area."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1860642713
9781860642715

Subject:

15.75 history of Asia.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Bildband
Fotografie.
Photographie ethnographique Koweït.
Voyageurs européens Koweït Ouvrages illustrés.
Kuwait History 20th century.
Kuwait History 20th century Pictorial works.
Kuwait Civilization Pictorial works.
Kuwait Social conditions Pictorial works.
Kuwait Social life and customs Pictorial works.
Koweït Histoire 20e siècle.
Koweït Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Kuwait

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Bildband.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Grant, Gillian.

Kuwait

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205605
Call No.: DS247 .K8 F3 1999
Status: Available