AUTHOR's PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART ONE THE MIDDLE EASTERN STATE IN TRANSITION Section I: The Middle Eastern State until 1911 Section II: The Middle Eastern State after the First World War PART TWO THE AGRARIAN SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE EAST Section I: Stationary Agriculture Section II Agriculture in Transition PART III THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST Section I The pre-Industrial Period Section II The Industrialisation of the Middle East between the two World Wars Part IV PORBLEMS AND ASPECTS OF A CHANGING SOCIETY