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456 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : 22 cm

Author was a journalist. This volume is a collection of "newspaper letters" written in the summer and autumn of 1910. Curtis was a witness to some of the violence against Armenians taking place in Turkey and wrote two articles about that, as well as discussing similar violence in Romania and other places. He was fascinated by Muslim women and seemed to equate female liberation as simply the wearing of Parisian fashions rather than the veil. Curtis also wrote about the successes and failures of Christian missions to the region as well as religion-based political conflict within each nation. Florence Nightingale, oil, railroads, education, and much more make up this account from an eyewitness source

Includes index

Cruising in the Black Sea -- The ancient city of Trebizond -- Railway concessions in Turkey -- The Caucasus -- Teh city of Tiflis -- Mount Ararat and the oldest town in the world -- The Armenians and their persecutions -- The massacres of 1909 -- The results of the American missions -- The Caspian oil fields -- Daghestan and its ancient peoples -- The Circassians and the Cossacks -- The Crimea -- Sevastopol and Balaklava -- Florence Nightingale and her work -- Odessa, the capital of southern Russia -- The Kingdom of Roumania -- The new régime in Turkey -- The emancipation of Turkish women -- Robert College and other American schools. Author was a journalist; this volume is a collection of "newspaper letters" written in the summer and autumn of 1910. Curtis was a witness to some of the violence against Armenians taking place in Turkey and wrote two articles about that, as well as discussing similar violence in Romania and other places. He was fascinated by Muslim women and seemed to equate female liberation as simply the wearing of Parisian fashions rather than the veil. Curtis also wrote about the successes and failures of Christian missions to the region as well as religion-based political conflict within each nation. Florence Nightingale, oil, railroads, education, and much more make up this account from an eyewitness source

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