This volume analyses British exhibitions of Middle Eastern (particularly ancient Egyptian and Persian) artefacts during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - examining how these exhibitions defined British self-image in response to the Middle Eastern 'other'.

Holly O'Farrell is currently a postdoctoral researcher with Museums, Collections and Society at Leiden University. Previously of University of Limerick, Ireland, her work covers 19th and 20th century museum representation, systems of power, the visibility of women collectors and collecting in the Middle East.

1. The Theoretical and Historiographical Position 2. Historical Setting - Britain, Egypt and Iran 3. Race, Dominance and Imperialism: Stimuli and Motives for British Displays of Egypt and Iran 4. Gender in Space, Display and the Creation of Meaning 5. Morality and British Might in Response to the 'Other' on Display