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The making of Jordan : tribes, colonialism and the modern state /
At the beginning of the 20th Century Jordan, like much of the Middle East, was a loose collection of tribes. By the time of its independence in 1946, it had the most firmly embedded state structures in the Arab world. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Yoav Alon examines how the disparate clan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2007.
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| Colección: | Library of modern Middle East studies ;
61. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the study of state, tribe and colonial rule in Jordan
- Between two empires : transjordan on the eve of Abdullah's arrival
- 'Bedu Amir' or constitutional monarch? : the struggle for the nature of the emirate, 1921-1924
- The making of a colonial state, 1924-1930
- Colonialism as a fine art : Glubb Pasha and the desert tribes, 1928-1936
- State consolidation and tribal participation, 1930-1946
- Conclusion : towards a appraisal of the mandate's legacy in Jordan.