The Geography of the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9780202362960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 304 str.

James Jankowski; Stephen N. Longrigg

Opis

Much of the Middle East is in a continuing state of visible, often revolutionary, change in almost every fi eld-social, cultural, economic, political. Although time will have greatly modifi ed the conditions here presented, the author emphasizes those aspects which, being the least ephemeral, were likely to remain valid for some years and indicates the areas in which the most change can be expected. Therefore, in evaluating any change that has occurred, the reader will at least be informed of the conditions out of which-or because of which-such an event occurre

Spis treści

I THE REGION, II ANTIQUITY, III NINE CENTURIES OF ISLAM, IV MODERN TIMES, V PEOPLES AND LANGUAGES, VI THE ARAB COUNTRIES, VI I THE NON-ARAB COUNTRIES, VIII PUBLIC LIFE, I X PRIVATE LIFE AND SOCIETY, X LANDS AND FACTORIES, XII CONCLUSION AND PROSPECT

O autorze

Brig. Stephen H. Longrigg was a member of the council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. James Jankowski is professor of history at the University of Colorado-Boulder.