This book explores centuries of power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard accounts by eastern travelers to the West. Considered in depth are evolutions in mental frameworks and practices that led to the emergence of anticolonial consciousness and strategies of protest.

Ahmed Al-Rawi, Rustaq College of Applied Sciences, Oman Anupama Arora, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, USA Nina Berman, The Ohio State University, USA Roger Chapman, Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA Nupur Chaudhuri, Texas Southern University, USA Ana Dragojlovic, Australian National University, USA Nizar Hermes, Princeton University, USA Birgul Koçak, Istanbul University, Turkey Junjie Luo, Dickinson College, USA Claudia Milstead, University of Northern Colorado, USA Masood Ashraf Raja, University of North Texas, USA