{"product_id":"living-in-romantic-baghdad-an-american-memoir-of-teaching-and-travel-in-iraq-1924-1947-9780815609940","title":"Living in Romantic Baghdad: An American Memoir of Teaching and Travel in Iraq, 1924-1947","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, an adventurous young couple accepted a commission to open an American school for boys in Baghdad. Setting foot on Iraqi soil the very day that the Constituent Assembly convened in Baghdad to frame a constitution for the new nation, Ida Staudt and her husband Calvin witnessed the birth of this fledgling country. For the next twenty-three years, they taught hundreds of young boys whose ethnicity, religious background, and economic status were as varied as the region itself. Cultivating strong bonds with their students and their families, the Staudts were welcomed into their lives and homes, ranging from the royal palace to refugee huts and Bedouin tents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her enlightening memoir, Staudt skillfully interweaves the political and historical setting with personal anecdotes, recalling the people she encountered and the places she explored. With vivid descriptions, she relates the complexities of the people, the grandeur of the antiquities, and the beauty of the region's topography. \u003ci\u003eLiving in Romantic Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the city, the villages, and the communities of Iraq, capturing a unique chapter in modern Iraqi history, one marked by pluralism and tolerance, and putting a human face on a largely misunderstood country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ida Donges Staudt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.40w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815609940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the American School for Boys in Baghdad in 1941 and taught at the school's intermediate division for four years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40589127909491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ca3917ec-dd25-4730-b661-a38f401f22a4.jpg?v=1668783763","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/living-in-romantic-baghdad-an-american-memoir-of-teaching-and-travel-in-iraq-1924-1947-9780815609940","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}