Parting the desert : the creation of the Suez Canal /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Karabell, Zachary (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York : Knopf, 2004.
• Θέματα: Lesseps, Ferdinand de > 1805-1894.; Κανάλια (Αίγυπτος) > Σουέζ > Σχεδιασμός και κατασκευή.; Σουέζ, Διώρυγα του > Ιστορία.

Tells the story of the creation of the Suez Canal--heralded as a symbol of progress that would unite nations--and the part played by its driving force, French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• he twilight
• The French fall in love
• Industry and the Saint-Simonians
• A man, a plan, a canal
• Egypt and Rome
• A journey in the desert
• Whose canal?
• The Sultan's shadow and the English lion Hither and yon
• The emperor and the entrepreneur
• A universal company for a maritime canal
• The work ahead
• The Corvée
• The new viceroy and his minister
• Ferdinand fights back
• Men and machines
• The canal goes to Paris
• The final stages
• The desert is parted
• The legacy
• Epilogue: Ozymandias.