CMES Modern Middle East Series – serie
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17 produkter
Planning the Family in Egypt
New Bodies, New Selves
Häftad, 2002
281 kr
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In this ethnographic study, the author examines the policies and practices of family planning programs in Egypt to see how an elitist, Western-informed state attempts to create obliging citizens. The state sees voluntary compliance with the law for the common good as the cornerstone of modernity. …
Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism
Häftad, 2005
284 kr
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The Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 was the largest and longest-lasting anti-colonial insurgency in the inter-war Arab East. Mobilizing peasants, workers, and army veterans, rather than urban elites and nationalist intellectuals, it was the first mass movement against colonial rule in the Middle East. …
Tribal Order
Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen
Av Shelagh Weir
Inbunden, 2007
584 kr
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2008 - British-Kuwait Friendship Prize in Middle Eastern Studies – British Society for Middle Eastern StudiesA Tribal Order describes the politico-legal system of Jabal Razih, a remote massif in northern Yemen inhabited by farmers and traders. Contrary to the popular image of Middle Eastern tribes …
Women and Men in Late Eighteenth-Century Egypt
Av Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot
Häftad, 1995
273 kr
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In the late eighteenth century, decentralized and chaotic government in Egypt allowed women a freedom of action that has not been equaled until recent times. Delving extensively into archival sources, Afaf Marsot presents the first comprehensive picture of women's status and opportunities in this …
Islamism and Modernism
The Changing Discourse in Iran
Häftad, 2007
276 kr
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While many previous books have probed the causes of Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979, few have focused on the power of religion in shaping a national identity over the decades leading up to it. Islamism and Modernism captures the metamorphosis of the Islamic movement in Iran, from encounters with …
Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey
The Paradox of Moderation
Häftad, 2010
342 kr
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Moderation theory describes the process through which radical political actors develop commitments to electoral competition, political pluralism, human rights, and rule of law and come to prefer negotiation, reconciliation, and electoral politics over provocation, confrontation, and contentious …
Government and Society in Afghanistan
The Reign of Amir 'Abd Al-Rahman Khan
Häftad, 1979
400 kr
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This is an authoritative study of the administrative, social, and economic structure of Afghanistan during a decisive stage in its history. The period covered-the reign of the "Iron" Amir Rahman Khan-was in many ways the beginning of modern Afghanistan as a cohesive nation. Although Afghanistan had …
Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923
The Impact of the West
Häftad, 1990
342 kr
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The effect of Western influence on the later Ottoman Empire and on the development of the modern Turkish nation-state links these twelve essays by a prominent American scholar. Roderic Davison draws from his extensive knowledge of Western diplomatic history and Turkish history to describe a period …
Islam Against the West
Shakib Arslan and the Campaign for Islamic Nationalism
Häftad, 1985
290 kr
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This book gives a unique perspective on the interwar history of the Middle East. By telling the life story of one man, it illuminates the political and cultural struggles of an era. Shakib Arslan (1869–1946) was a leading member of the generation of Ottoman Arabs who came to professional maturity …
Lebanon in Strife
Student Preludes to the Civil War
Häftad, 1977
281 kr
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In this study, an eminent sociologist of the Arab world analyzes student politics in Lebanon and their relationship to the civil war. This focus is part of a larger concern with upheaval in Arab society and with political and social integration in mosaic societies in general. Professor Barakat …
How Happy to Call Oneself a Turk
Provincial Newspapers and the Negotiation of a Muslim National Identity
Häftad, 2011
332 kr
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The modern nation-state of Turkey was established in 1923, but when and how did its citizens begin to identify themselves as Turks? Mustafa Kemal AtatÜrk, Turkey's founding president, is almost universally credited with creating a Turkish national identity through his revolutionary program to …
Land and Revolution in Iran, 1960–1980
Häftad, 1982
223 kr
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Carried out by the government of the shah between 1962 and 1971, the Iranian land reform was one of the most ambitious such undertakings in modern Middle Eastern history. Yet, beneath apparent statistical success, the actual accomplishments of the program, in terms of positive benefits for the …
Moroccan Islam
Tradition and Society in a Pilgrimage Center
Häftad, 1976
339 kr
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This book is one of the first comprehensive studies of Islam as locally understood in the Middle East. Specifically, it is concerned with the prevalent North African belief that certain men, called marabouts, have a special relation to God that enables them to serve as intermediaries and to …
Slaves Into Workers
Emancipation and Labor in Colonial Sudan
Häftad, 1996
339 kr
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Unlike African slavery in Europe and the Americas, slavery in the Sudan and other parts of Africa persisted well into the twentieth century. Sudanese slaves served Sudanese masters until the region was conquered by the Turks, who practiced slavery on a larger, institutional scale. When the British …
Government and Society in Rural Palestine, 1920-1948
Av Ylana Miller
Häftad, 1985
284 kr
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In 1947, Arabs made up two-thirds of the population of Palestine, and they owned most of its cultivable land. Why then, did they "lose" their homes and land to a relatively small Jewish community just emerging from the shocks of World War II? Did the Palestinians "lose" their homeland because they …
Men and Popular Music in Algeria
The Social Significance of Raï
Häftad, 1999
284 kr
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RaÏ music is often called the voice of the voiceless in Algeria, a society currently swept by tragic conflict. RaÏ is the voice of Algerian men, young men caught between generations and classes, in political strife, and in economic inequality. In a ground-breaking study, anthropologist Marc …
Arabian Oasis City
The Transformation of 'Unayzah
Av Soraya Altorki, Donald P. Cole
Häftad, 1989
313 kr
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Vast social change has occurred in the Middle East since the oil boom of the mid-1970s. As the first anthropological study of an urban community in Saudi Arabia since that oil boom, Arabian Oasis City is also the first to document those changes. Based on extensive interviews and participant …
