Field notes : a history of Middle East studies in the United States /

Field Notes reconstructs the origins and trajectory of area studies in the United States, focusing on Middle East studies from the 1920s to the 1980s. Drawing on extensive archival research, Zachary Lockman shows how the Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Ford foundations played key roles in conceiving, fun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lockman, Zachary (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
Temas:
1900-1999
Area studies > United States > History > 20th century.
Études régionales > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Area studies
Education
Middle East > Study and teaching > United States > History > 20th century.
Moyen-Orient > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Middle East
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "We shall have to understand it"
  • "The regional knowledge now required"
  • Launching a new field
  • Princeton, the ACLS and postwar Near Eastern studies
  • A committee for the Near and Middle East
  • Field-building in boom times
  • "A need for more regular contact"
  • "The lower parts of Max Weber."

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