Middle Eastern history Books
Princeton University Press Syrian Requiem
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A smart history."---Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times"A very useful primer on an astonishingly complex history." * Foreign Affairs *"Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and Its Aftermath makes a bold claim in its very title. It rests on the idea that something fundamentally Syrian has slid into memory, never to return."---Lazar Berman, Times of Israel"Of all the books I’ve read about the ongoing civil war in Syria, Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and Its Aftermath is the best of the lot. . . . . It is concise yet comprehensive, scholarly yet accessible."---Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel"Syrian Requiem is an original and valuable addition to the literature on the Syrian civil war, and is likely to become one of the early standard texts on this subject, specifically with regard to its cogent examination of the diplomatic, strategic, and high policy elements of the war’s trajectory."---Jonathan Spyer, Tel Aviv Review of Books "A valuable book for students of geopolitics and the ever turbulent Middle East." * Kirkus Reviews *"Important and impressive. . . . [Syrian Requiem] is an indispensable book for anyone wishing to understand one of the most tragic civil wars in the Middle East." * Survival *"Packed with information, this slick book manages to offer a comprehensive look at the causes and immediate consequences of the civil war, and the way in which peaceful protests staged as part of the Arab Spring rapidly escalated into a civil war with important and far-reaching international ramifications. An engaging reading, Rabinovich and Valensi’s argument will be of interest to academic and non-academic audiences as well as to undergraduate students and faculty alike."---Lavinia Stan, European Legacy
£22.50
Princeton University Press Gilgamesh
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An insightful, stimulating book sure to breathe new life into the would-be immortal king." * Publishers Weekly *"[A] wonderful book . . . Schmidt’s argument for the poem as poetry, in the modern sense—concrete, unglazed, tough on the mind—is touching and persuasive. I read the book spellbound, in one sitting."---Joan Acocella, New Yorker"For anyone interested in language, history, or the power of a great story, this biography of a poem assures endless discoveries."---Jeva Lange, The Week"Schmidt’s book deeply enriches our appreciation of a work already rich. A solid addition to all collections."---Thomas L. Cooksey, Library Journal"[I]f all literary studies were written so engagingly, more people would read them . . . If you have never read Gilgamesh before, Schmidt could be Virgil to your Dante, and if you have read it before, be prepared to let it be explicated in a new and lively way and to flow over your mind like quicksilver."---John Butler, Asian Review of Books"Michael Schmidt’s Gilgamesh, the Life of a Poem, is stimulating, informative and elegantly written. It is to be hoped that over time it will be recognised as an indispensable guide for all future readers of Gilgamesh."---David Cooke, Manchester Review"In Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem, Michael Schmidt, a British poet and novelist, explains how the special character of “Gilgamesh” has had an outsize influence on modern writers . . . Its “anonymity” invites readers’ responses more powerfully than other ancient works, and this book is, in the main, an exploration of those responses, obtained by Mr. Schmidt through a survey sent to 50 modern poets. . . . [Schmidt’s] freshly framed observations help renew one of the world’s oldest surviving tales"---James Romm, Wall Street Journal"[Gilgamesh] is well-written and reads like having a chat with a down-to-earth friend who happens to be a literary scholar . . [R]ather than trying to choose which translation to read, one should start by reading Schmidt’s book. It offers an intelligent but relatable introduction to Gilgamesh as well as to the scholarship and modern artistry which swirls around the nearly 4000 year old poem."---Kelly Hydrick, Root & Press"[Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem] offers us an opportunity to consider not just the rewards of tradition, but its very real risks. . . . Schmidt tries to preserve the integrity of a single beloved poem. In forcing us to go back to the basics of meaning-making, Schmidt works toward a hermeneutics of modesty and care, pointing toward a more expansive, and less imperialist, approach to world literature. . . . To translate and read Gilgamesh as we read the Iliad or the Aeneid would be to neutralize the poem — and, for Schmidt and the many contemporary poets whose voices he brings into his book, to miss an opportunity to reimagine our literary origin story, or to posit a plurality of stories rather than one continuous tradition."---Max Norman, Los Angeles Review of Books"[Michael] Schmidt presents an extended reflection on Gilgamesh, exploring the challenges and opportunities it offers modern readers. . . . Beginning with the challenge of translating without knowing the original languages, Schmidt uses his correspondence with the translators of Gilgamesh as a model to challenge modern, Western habits of interpretation and approach reading the poem on its own terms: i.e., not as an ur-Iliad but as something unique. Throughout, Schmidt emphasizes Gilgamesh’s alterity, its fragmentariness, its authorlessness, the provisional nature of the text, and its refusal to fit familiar aesthetic and generic categories. This important work fills a gap between translations/introductions and the scholarship of Assyriology."---P. E. Ojennus, Choice Reviews
£18.00
Princeton University Press The Making of the Medieval Middle East
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical Association""Honorable Mention for the Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association""This is a large, wide-ranging and important book. . . . The Making of the Medieval Middle East is, in sum, an impressive tome that will undoubtedly help us to rethink how this region became Muslim and make us reconsider the many blind spots and assumptions our traditional paradigms have included."---Aaron W. Hughes, Reading Religion"This is an excellent book that undergraduates, graduate students and established scholars could all engage with at different levels, and all read with great profit."---Philip Wood, Medieval Encounters"A remarkable achievement that energetically articulates a little-studied research field: the fate of the Christian population in the era of Muslim conquests and the beginning of the formation of Muslim civilization in the Middle East."---Rustam M. Shukurov, Journal of Church and State"Its greatest contribution is that it opens up many new lines of research."---R. Stephen Humphreys, Journal of Medieval Worlds"A tour de force."---Ramez Mikhail, Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies"This is a book that will sit on the desks of social historians of the eastern Mediterranean for the foreseeable future. . . . [Tannous] excels in persuasive rhetoric and transmits his enthusiasm in a very compelling manner. . . . Ultimately his message is incontrovertible."---Arietta Papaconstantinou, Bustan: The Middle East Book Review"An ingenious study of the history of the late Roman and early medieval Middle East."---Valentina A. Grasso, Journal of the American Oriental Society
£25.20
Princeton University Press What Is Religious Authority Cultivating Islamic
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Through this highly original study of such articulatory labours in Java, Alatas has written one of the most important books on Islam in Indonesia in years, and crafted a work that deserves to become a central reference for all scholars of Islam and Islamic authority."---Robert W. Hefner, Journal of Islamic Studies"Successfully argues that what is known as “Islam the universal religion” does not reside in the consistency of its teachings. However, one aspect of Islam that is universal is the work of congregational building."---Hasan Mustapa, International Journal of Asian Studies"Provides rich insights for readers who wish to gain a better understanding of comparative Islamic authority. The author’s success in blending historical, anthropological and political analyses together makes this book a worthwhile read and a useful source of reference for scholars interested in Islam in Indonesia." * Contemporary Southeast Asia *"A groundbreaking contribution. . . . The book will certainly find its ways to become an important reference in the historical and anthropological study of Islam and religious authority in Indonesia from the premodern to the present times."---Wahyuddin Halim, Religion and Social Communication"A theoretical contribution that presents not only a refined understanding of Islamic authority but also the universality of Islam as a ‘concrete universality.’"---Zacky Khairul Umam, International Quarterly for Asian Studies
£20.90
Princeton University Press The Koran in English
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£14.24
Princeton University Press The Formation of Turkish Republicanism
Trade Review"One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017""Shortlisted for the 2018 Gladstone Prize, Royal Historical Society""This is the best one volume interpretive history of the historical, intellectual, philosophical, and political origins of the ideal of republicanism in the late Ottoman Empire and in the Turkish Republic after its creation in 1923. It is a remarkable, erudite interpretation that contests previous interpretations by many foremost European, American, and Turkish scholars of Turkey. . . . A marvelous book." * Choice *"A noteworthy addition to the emerging body of critiques of traditional historiography on the formation of the modern Turkish state, as it successfully constructs the continuities in political thought between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic."---A. Coşkun Tunçer, English Historical Review
£25.20
Princeton University Press The Arab Winter
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of The New York Times's 11 Books to Watch For in May""A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice""Fascinating and persuasive."---Robert F. Worth, New York Times Book Review"Feldman argues persuasively that the Arab Spring ushered in a new era, characterized by politics from below."---Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal"[An] important new book."---Daniel Byman, Washington Post"Ambitious and thought-provoking."---Justin Marozzi, Sunday Times"This book is essentially a plea to take the long view of history. Feldman stresses the suffering wrought by conflict, terrorism and renewed dictatorship. But he also highlights the more inspiring aspects of the 'exercise of collective, free political action — with all the dangers of error and disaster that come with it.'"---Michael Peel, Financial Times"Erudite."---Steven Carroll, Sydney Morning Herald"Feldman’s methodical and unemotional analysis of the Arab Winter that has followed the Arab Spring is a valuable aid in understanding the current state of the Middle East."---Jim Blanchard, Winnipeg Free Press"[A] fluid account of how that spring turned into bloody winter."---John Andrews, Project Syndicate"An engaging work. It provides a useful recap of events over the course of the Arab Spring, and offers some original and interesting insights on each of the episodes discussed. . . . It is filled with interesting and insightful observations on the case studies presented; it presents a worthwhile meditation on processes which remain far from completion, and which are of primary importance to prospects for stability and development in the Middle East and beyond."---Jonathan Spyer, Tel Aviv Review of Books"Convincing and logical."---Michaela Domingo, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs"Noah Feldman offers an interpretation of the meaning of the Arab spring and its aftermath in the Arab winter in his superb new book."---Joseph Richard Preville, Informed Comment"Building on a renowned body of work on legal and political theory, Noah Feldman’s The Arab Winter: A Tragedy deftly weaves together case studies of three presidential states, Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia to examine political self-determination during the Arab spring and subsequent Arab winter."---Kathryn Urban, Charged Affairs
£13.29
Princeton University Press The Shamama Case
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, History Category""Winner of the James Willard Hurst Book Prize, Law & Society Association""Winner of the Mediterranean Seminar Best Book Prize""Co-Winner – Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association""Winner of the Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association""Absorbing."---Abigail Green, London Review of Books"Clear and accessible."---Roger S. Kohn, Association of Jewish Libraries
£27.00
Princeton University Press Jews and Their Roman Rivals
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£29.75
Princeton University Press Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts New Series in the
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£49.30
Princeton University Press Ottoman Rule in Damascus 17081758
Book SynopsisOn the basis of new evidence from the Ottoman archives in Istanbul, Karl Barbir challenges the current interpretation of Ottoman rule in Damascus during the eighteenth century. He argues that the prevailing themes of decline and stagnation--usually applied to the entire century--in fact apply only to the latter half of the century. This discovery,Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*Note on Transcription and Dates, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*Governors of Damascus, 1708-1758, pg. xv*Preface, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. 1*Maps, pg. 11*One. Changing Patterns in the Governorship of Damascus, pg. 13*Two. Containment of Provincial Groups: Notables, Janissaries, and Tribesmen, pg. 65*Three. The Pilgrimage: Centerpiece of Ottoman Rule in Damascus, pg. 108*Conclusion, pg. 178*Appendices, pg. 181*Bibliography, pg. 203*Index, pg. 213
£29.75
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Across Cultures and Empires
Book SynopsisMahir Ibrahimov shares his incredible journey through the world-shaking geopolitical transformations of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Ibrahimov's fluency in multiple languages offers the perspective of someone who found a way to cross boundaries amid the fall of empire and the resulting cascade of conflicts.Trade ReviewAcross Cultures and Empires is no ordinary autobiography: Mahir Ibrahimov brings a scholar's eye to pivotal periods. He describes life in the Red Army and the twilight of the Soviet Union, the abortive coup against Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, and then service to newly independent Azerbaijan, both at home and in opening its embassy in the United States. Adopting America as his new country, Ibrahimov came full circle, serving the US Army at home and abroad. Ibrahimov has seen and done enough for five lifetimes, a real-life Forrest Gump. Anyone who picks up Across Cultures and Empires will be hooked." - Michael Rubin, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute, and coeditor of Seven Pillars: What Really Causes Instability in the Middle East?"The story of Dr. Mahir Ibrahimov is both a historic and fascinating tale, one that is very much worth reading. It offers a unique perspective on the times and how the Cold War, post-Cold War period, and the War on Terror shaped the culture, knowledge, and aspirations of one man who desired to serve and improve the circumstances around him." - Colonel Roderick M. Cox, US Army (Ret.), president and chief executive officer, Command and General Staff College Foundation, Inc."Mahir Ibrahimov's journey to America is truly unique. He had to successfully navigate many cultures, during challenging times, to reach our shores. Mahir's book reminds Americans that people from around the world will endure hardship and pay countless dues in service to become part of our American dream. I recommend the reader join Mahir for his exciting journey and view America through his fresh eyes." - Nate Slate, director, Fires and Air and Missile Defense Development, Dynetics, Inc
£31.46
Pluto Press Israel and the Clash of Civilisations
Book SynopsisArgues that the current chaos in the Middle East was always the intention of the Bush administration and Israel.Trade Review'One of the most cogent understandings of the modern Middle East I have read. It is superb, because the author himself is a unique witness who blows away the media debris' -- John Pilger, author of Freedom Next Time (2006) and The New Rulers of the World (2003)'A compelling account of the recent wars for Middle East oil, untangling a complex web of interests shared by the neocons, Israel and the Bush White House' -- David Hirst, author of The Gun and the Olive Branch (2003)'American-Israeli relations have intrigued, occupied and preoccupied two generations of scholars and of politicians around the world. Which of the two is the contemporary Rome and which is the belligerent Sparta in the Middle East? Jonathan Cook's book undeniably enriches and elevates the debate' -- Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador in Washington'In this well-researched and very readable book, Nazareth-based journalist Jonathan Cook traces the developments of the last few decades that have led to the dangerous and deplorable state of affairs in the Middle East today' -- Sally Bland, Jordan TimesTable of ContentsPreface 1. Regime overthrow in Iraq 2. The Campaign against Iran 3. End of the Strongmen 4. Remaking the Middle East Bibliography Index
£22.49
Pluto Press Cultural Cleansing in Iraq Why Museums Were
Book SynopsisArgues that destruction of Iraqi culture was aimed at remaking Iraq into a US client stateTrade Review'If you are looking for a textbook that provides a view of Middle East politics free of colonial bias, [this] book plainly fulfil this fundamental requirement' -- Gilbert Achcar, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of LondonTable of ContentsDedication Preface Part I: Formulating and Executing the Policy of Cultural Cleansing 1. Introduction by Raymond W. Baker, Shereen T. Ismael and Tareq Y. Ismael 2. Cultural Cleansing in Comparative Perspective by Glenn E. Perry Part II: Policy in Motion: Destroying the Past, Killing the Future Part A: The Assault on Iraq's Incomparable History 3.Archaeology and the Strategies of War by Zainab Bahrani 4. The Status of Iraq's Archaeological Heritage: Report on the Destruction of Archaeological Sites, Museums and Historical Monuments in Occupied Iraq by Abbas Husainy 5. Negligient Mnemocide and the Shattering of Iraqi Collective Memory by Nabil Al Tikriti (University of Mary Washington, USA) Part B: The Present and the Future 6. Killing the Intellectual Class by Dahr Jamil and Max Fuller Dirk Adriaensens 7. The Purging of Minds by Philip Marfleet 8. Minorities in Iraq: The Other Victims by Mokhtar Lamani Part III: Appendices Appendix I. Reflections on Death Anxiety and University Professors in Iraq by Faris K. O. Nadhmi Appendix II. List of Murdered Academics About the Contributors Index
£72.25
Pluto Press My Father Was A Freedom Fighter Gazas Untold
Book SynopsisA story of a family on the frontlinesTrade Review'A deeply moving chronicle of the persisting Palestinian ordeal. This book more than any I have read tells me why anyone of conscience must stand in solidarity with the continuing struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination and a just peace' -- Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University and Special Rapporteur for Occupied Palestinian Territories, UN Human Right Council'This book should be read by all who struggle to understand the Middle East and to find passage to a just peace in the region' -- Cindy and Craig Corrie, The Rachel Corrie Foundation'Ramzy Baroud's sensitive, thoughtful, searching writing penetrates to the core of moral dilemmas that their intended audiences evade at their peril' -- Noam Chomsky'This is a very fine book: both a loving tribute to the author's father and the struggle and pain of Palestine seen through the witness and insights of two generations. Together, they beckon freedom' -- John Pilger, award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker.'A gifted writer' -- Salman Abu Sitta, author and historian, Founder and President of Palestine Land Society, London.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Dr. Salman Abu Sitta Preface Map 1. Happier Times 2. Born into Turmoil 3. Taking Flight 4. A World Outside the Tent 5. Lost and Found 6. Zarefah 7. Al-Naksa: The Setback 8. An Olive Branch and a Thousand Cans of Tomato Sauce 9. Strange Men at the Beach Casino 10. Intifada: … and All Hell Broke Loose 11. Oslo on the Line 12. The World as Seen From the Stone Staircase 13. Dying, Again Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£72.25
Pluto Press The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings
Book SynopsisAn introductory collection to the drama of the Arab SpringTrade Review'During the Arab uprisings, my first port of call every day was Jadaliyya to understand and interpret the events. This book will be a much-treasured volume' -- Dr Laleh Khalili, SOAS, University of London'The outburst of the Arab Revolutions demands imaginative and novel perspectives on the Arab world, and Jadaliyya has managed to provide a unique forum covering the region with a fresh approach to its issues and problems' -- Fawwaz Traboulsi, author of A History of Modern Lebanon'Jadaliyya has established itself as an indispensable source dealing with the contemporary Arab world. This collection of its pieces on the Arab uprisings is perhaps the best introduction to the political movements that have shaken that region' -- Talal Asad, City University of New York'A primer of importance not only to students of the 'Arab spring', but also to those concerned with protest more generally. Registering both the exhilarating optimism and crushing disappointment of contemporary political life, this volume gives voice to some of the possibilities for and impasses to political transformation' -- Lisa Wedeen, Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science and the College,University of Chicago'As contemporary reflections, these writings capture the unfolding of revolutionary events as they happened and convey the uncertainties, hopes and disappointments of collective worlds being remade' -- Timothy Mitchell, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Jadaliyya: Archiving the Revolution Roger Owen Introduction Bassam Haddad, Rosie Bsheer, and Ziad Abu-Rish Section I - Opening Articles 1. Impromptu: A Word - Sinan Antoon 2. Preliminary Historical Observations on the Arab Revolutions of 2011 - Rashid Khalidi 3. Awakening, Cataclysm, or Just a Series of Events? Reflections on the Current Wave of Protest in the Arab World - Michael Hudson 4. Paradoxes of Arab Refo-lutions - Asef Bayat 5. The Year of the Citizen - Mouin Rabbani 6. Three Powerfully Wrong - and Wrongly Powerful - American Narratives about the Arab Spring - Jillian Schwedler, Joshua Stacher, and Stacey Philbrick Yadav Section II - Tunisia 7. The Tunisian Revolution: Initial Reflections - Mohammed Bamyeh 8. Tunisia's Glorious Revolution and its Implications - Noureddine Jebnoun 9. Let's Not Forget about Tunisia - Nouri Gana 10. The Battle for Tunisia - Nouri Gana Section III - Egypt 11. The Poetry of Revolt - Elliott Colla 12. Why Mubarak is Out - Paul Amar 13. Egypt's Revolution 2.0: The Facebook Factor - Linda Herrera 14. Egypt's Three Revolutions: The Force of History Behind this Popular Uprising - Omnia El Shakry 15. The Architects of the Egyptian Uprising and the Challenges Ahead - Saba Mahmood 16. The Revolution Against Neoliberalism - Walter Armbrust 17. Egypt's Orderly Transition: International Aid and the Rush to Structural Adjustment - Adam Hanieh Section IV - Libya 18. The Arabs in Africa - Callie Maidhof 19. Tribes of Libya as the Third Front: Myths and Realities of Non-State Actors in the Long Battle for Misrata - Jamila Benkato 20. Solidarity and Intervention in Libya - Asli U Bali and Ziad Abu-Rish Section V - Bahrain 21. Let's Talk about Sect - Tahiyya Lulu 22. Distortions of Dialogue - Tahiyya Lulu 23. When Petro-Dictators Unite: The Bahraini Opposition's Struggle for Survival - Rosie Bsheer and Ziad Abu-Rish Section VI - Yemen 24. Yemen's Turn: An Overview - Lara Aryani 25. How it Started in Yemen: From Tahrir to Taghyir - Nir Rosen 26. Saleh Defiant - Ziad Abu-Rish Section VII - Syria 27. Why Syria is Not Next...So Far - Bassam Haddad 28. Fear of Arrest - Hani Sayed 29. Syrian Hope: A Journal - Amal Hanano Section VIII - Regional Reverberations of the Arab Uprisings 30. The Political Status Quo, Economic Development, and Protests in Jordan - Ziad Abu-Rish 31. Dissent and its Discontents: Protesting the Saudi State - Rosie Bsheer 32. The Never Ending Story: Protests and Constitutions in Morocco - Emanuela Dalmasso and Francesco Cavatorta 33. Emergencies and Economics: Algeria and the Politics of Memory - Muriam Haleh Davis 34. Iraq and its Tahrir Square - Zainab Saleh 35. Tahrir's Other Sky - Noura Erakat and Sherene Seikaly 36. What is [the] Left? - Maya Mikdashi Epilogue - Parting Thoughts - Madawi Al-Rasheed Notes Index
£24.29
Pluto Press The Last Earth
Book SynopsisAn evocative history of Palestine, told through the stories of the people who have survived the conflict.Trade Review'A masterpiece of history and a masterful feat of writing' -- Counterpunch'In the finest tradition of people's history, these sensitive, painful and evocative pieces provide a human face to the painful saga of Palestinian torment and the remarkable courage and resilience of the victims' -- Noam Chomsky'Gives us the privilege of listening to, savouring and indeed cherishing the rarely heard Palestinian stories saturated with the fears, joys, suffering, and triumphs of the human spirit ... must be read and shared' -- Mondoweiss'A powerful tool to revive and record the human history of al Nakba, a must read for all those who want to see the concealed human dimension of the Palestinian life and suffering' -- Salman Abu Sitta, author of Mapping my Return and the Atlas of Palestine'Engaging, unforgettable, complex and unique. The Last Earth provides a unique way of tackling the problem of writing history. Reading it is like walking around a gallery of old master paintings, each telling its own harrowing and often beautiful story about the same episode in human history' -- Baronesse Jenny Tonge'A Palestinian triumph of the pen over the sword' -- Truthout'This book is a very moving collection of personal stories ... a powerful metaphor for the steadfastness and determination of the Palestinian people to regain their land and lives' -- Counterfire'This is a dangerous book because by inviting us into an intimacy with the people of Palestine, it predicates compelling moral action to end the monstrous injustice; for this reason Baroud’s The Last Earth must be read and shared' -- MondoweissTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Ilan Pappe 1. Shit River 2. Abu Sandal - The One with the Slippers 3. Spirit of the Orchard 4. Death Notice 5. Jesus of Beit Jala 6. Letters to Heba 7. Alive in Gaza 8. The Last Sky 9. Dawn Postscript: Echoes of History Index
£72.25
Pluto Press Unsilencing Gaza
Book SynopsisPalestinians refuse to be silenced and their struggle must not be ignoredTrade Review'Roy is humanely and professionally committed in ways that are unmatched by any other non-Palestinian scholar' -- Edward W. Said'Roy is the leading researcher and most widely respected academic authority on Gaza today' -- Bruce Bennett Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion at Duke University'A compelling study that continues the author's investigation of the dehumanising and destabilising effects of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian politics and society. Essential reading for those intent on understanding both the causes and the consequences of this conflict' -- Irene Gendzier, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Boston University and author of 'Development Against Democracy' (Pluto, 2017)'For several decades, Sara Roy has been bringing her unique moral authority to bear on the searing injustice that continues to be Palestine. This indispensable collection confronts us all with the inhuman conditions of life for the people of Gaza, tempered by the courage with which Roy explores it, her insistence on the unbreakable link between Jewishness and justice, and her ultimate faith in the resilience of the Palestinian people' -- Jacqueline Rose, Professor of Humanities at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities‘Offers a unique and insightful perspective’ -- ‘Washington Report on Middle East Affairs’‘Compelling’ -- ‘Morning Star’Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction: “I can’t eat my lights” PART I - SETTING THE STAGE FOR CONFLICT IN GAZA: US POLICY FAILURES REDUX 1. Yes, You Can Work With Hamas: The US Approach to the Palestinian Territories is Inviting Disaster (July 17, 2007) 2. US Foreign Policy and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: A View From Palestine (September 2011) PART II - THE MARGINALIZED CENTER: THE WARS ON GAZA AND THEIR AFTERMATH 3. If Gaza Falls … (January 1, 2009) 4. Endgame in the Gaza War? (January 4, 2009) 5. Degrees of Loss (October 8, 2010) 6. Gaza After the Revolution (March 16, 2011) 7. It’s Worth Putting Hamas to the Test (January 6, 2012) 8. Before Gaza, After Gaza: Examining the New Reality in Israel/Palestine (2013) PART III - TOWARD PRECARITY: EXCEPTIONALIZING GAZA 9. Statement on Gaza before the United Nations Security Council (July 20, 2015) 10. Humanitarianism in Gaza: What Not to Do (Summer 2015) 11. The Gaza Strip’s Last Safety Net is in Danger (August 6, 2015) PART - IV UNDOING ATTACHMENT: CREATING SPACES OF EXCESS 12. Yes, They Are Refugees (March 22, 2018) 13. Floating in an Inch of Water: A Letter from Gaza (2018) 14. “I wish they would just disappear” (December 2018) PART V - A JEW IN GAZA: REFLECTIONS 15. A Jewish Plea (April 7, 2007) 16. A Response to Elie Wiesel (September 9, 2014) 17. Hunger (June 9, 2017) 18. Book Review, Palestinians in Syria: Nakba Memories of Shattered Communities (September 2018) 19. On Equating BDS with Anti-Semitism: A Letter to the Members of the German Government (June 4, 2019) 20. Tears of Salt: A Brief Reflection on Israel, Palestine and the Coronavirus (published here for the first time) PART VI - THE PASSING OF A GENERATION: COMMEMORATING COURAGEOUS PALESTINIAN VOICES 21. A Tribute to Eyad el-Sarraj (Spring 2014) 22. Remembering Naseer Aruri (2015) PART VII - THE PAST AS FUTURE: LESSONS FORGOTTEN 23. Gaza: Out of Sight (Autumn 1987; published here in English for the first time) 24. When a Loaf of Bread Was Not Enough: Unsilencing the Past in Gaza (published here for the first time) PART VIII - BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ABSENCE: PALESTINE AND THE ANTILOGIC OF DISPOSABILITY— CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS 25. An Unacceptable Absence: Countering Gaza’s Exceptionalism (published here for the first time) Epilogue: On the Falseness of Distinctions—“We are no different than you” (2014) Notes Index
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Pluto Press Bullets in Envelopes
Book SynopsisThe social and intellectual history of Iraq told through the academic, political and social experiences of Iraqi academics in exileTrade Review'These life stories of academics from around the globe tell a vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' -- miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University'Searing! The American assault aimed to 'end' the Iraqi state and shatter the culture that sustained it. Yako retrieves the stories of some sixty displaced Iraqi academics. Distillations of their experiences read as if written on shards of glass that penetrate the skin and wound the heart' -- Raymond W. Baker, Board Director, International Council for Middle East Studies, Washington, D.C.'Luis Yako's thinking is as compelling as his writing. 'Bullets in Envelopes' persuasively shifts the politics of argumentation. He uses anthropology to convey the existential turbulence of academics in exile after the US invasion, instead of using academics to advance the discipline' -- Walter D. Mignolo, author of 'The Politics of Decolonial Investigations' (Duke University Press, 2021)'Excavates a searing genealogy of loss that documents Iraqi academics' displacement, through a powerful account of the travails of higher education and the links between power and knowledge' -- Sherene Seikaly, Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Story of This Story 2. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Ba'ath Era 3. The Ba'ath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back 4. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation 5. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement 6. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University 7. Language as a Metonym for Politics 8. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the Future
£20.69
Pluto Press The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey
Book SynopsisA comprehensive new study that uncovers the real story of working-class struggle in TurkeyTrade Review'The most formative work in decades on the Turkish political economy and the devastation wrought by an authoritarian government on the country's workers. I highly recommend this book for all those who seek to understand the emergence of widespread resistance by an increasingly militant working class in Turkey' -- Immanuel Ness, Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and author of 'Organizing Insurgency' (Pluto, 2020)'A deep and timely analysis with an overarching narrative of the Turkish labor markets under the conditionalities of late capitalism [...] An indispensable resource on the economics of labor' -- A. Erinç Yeldan, Professor of Economics at Kadir Has University'Impressively comprehensive [...] The contributions not only cover the sphere of production, but equally social reproduction including the importance of unpaid labour in patriarchal capitalist structures, as well as migration as a source of cheap labour. A must-read for everyone interested in the role of Turkish labour in the crisis-ridden 21st century' -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham'This excellent book is remarkable for its courageous and insightful analysis. Against the grain of the contemporary near silence about the struggles of society’s surplus value producers who make a living in miserable conditions, this volume articulates the suffering inflicted and brings to the fore the collective forms of resistance to that suffering' -- Professor Werner Bonefeld, University of YorkTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction - Mehmet Erman Erol and Çağatay Edgücan Şahin PART I: RESTRUCTURING Neoliberal Restructuring of Labour and the State: From Military Dictatorship to the AKP Era 1. Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: Neoliberalism and the AKP in Turkey - Mehmet Erman Erol 2. Turkey’s Labour Markets Under Neoliberalism: An Overview - Kerem Gökten 3. Commodification and Changing Labour in Turkey: The Working Class in the Public Sector - Koray R. Yılmaz 4. Neoliberal Transformation of Turkey’s Health Sector and its Effects on the Health Labour Force - Sebiha Kablay Gender, Migration and Rural Aspects of Neoliberal Restructuring 5. Between Neoliberalism and Conservatism: Recent Developments and New Agendas in Female Labour Policies in Turkey - Demet Özmen Yılmaz 6. The Making of the Rural Proletariat in Neoliberal Turkey - Coşku Çelik 7. Burden or a Saviour at a Time of Economic Crisis? AKP’s ‘Open-Door Migration Policy’ and its Impact on Labour Market Restructuring in Turkey - Ertan Erol PART II: CONTAINMENT 8. Social Assistance as a Non-Wage Income for the Poor in Turkey: Work and Subsistence Patterns of Social Assistance Recipient Households - Denizcan Kutlu 9. A View of Precarisation from Turkey: Urban-Rural Dynamics and Intergenerational Precarity - Elif Hacısalihoğlu 10. When the Law is Not Enough: ‘Work Accidents’, Profit Maximisation and the Unwritten Rules of Workers’ Health and Safety in New Turkey - Murat Özveri 11. Are We All in the Same Boat? Covid-19 and the Working Class in Turkey - Yeliz Sarıöz Gökten PART III: RESISTANCE 12. Reconsidering Workers’ Self-Management in Turkey: From Resistance to Workers’ Self-Management Possibilities/Constraints - Berna Güler and Erhan Acar 13. Organised Workers’ Struggles Under Neoliberalism: Unions, Capital and the State in Turkey - Çağatay Edgücan Şahin Notes Contributors Index
£72.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Iraq
Book SynopsisFew countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military regimes, to the all-encompassing power of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Artificiality, Identity, Dictatorship, and State-Building Chapter 1: Legacies of Civilizations and Empires Chapter 2: State Formation, Monarchy, and Mandate, 1918-1932 Chapter 3: Conceptualizing Iraqi Society Chapter 4: From Authoritarian to Totalitarian State, 1933-1979 Chapter 5: Iraq at War, 1979-1989 Chapter 6: The Pariah State, 1989-2003 Chapter 7: Regime Change, 2003- Chapter 8: From the Brink, to the Brink Chapter 9: The Disintegration of Iraq Chapter 10: The Rise of the Islamic State Conclusion
£16.14
Baker Publishing Group - Baker Books Gods Promise and the Future of Israel
Book SynopsisHow can the church fulfill its role in an end-time scenario, coming to grips with sweeping global changes, including the Jewish return to Israel and the rise of Messianic Jewish believers? Finto asks and answers challenging questions.
£999.99
Cornell University Press The Origins of Alliances
Book SynopsisHow are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In...Trade ReviewThe Origins of Alliances offers a different way of thinking about our security and thus about our diplomacy. It ought to be read by anyone with a serious interest in understanding why our foreign policy is so often self-defeating. * New Republic *A valuable refinement of traditional balance-of-power theory.... Walt provides a sophisticated account of recent Middle East diplomacy. * International Affairs *
£41.40
Cornell University Press The Price of Wealth Economies and Institutions
Book SynopsisKiren Aziz Chaudhry shows how state and market institutions are created and transformed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, two countries that typify labor and oil exporters in the developing worlds.Trade ReviewAn interesting and thought-provoking book, well researched and well argued. It fills a vacuum in studies on both the Middle East and political economy and is recommended to all those who are interested in these fields. * Millennium: Journal of International Studies *Chaudry has written three books in one. The most important is an account of the connection between Saudi Arabia's government and economy. Using previously unknown Saudi archival material, her chapter on the 1914–73 period is spectacularly rich. * Choice *Chaudry is a first-rate political economist who does careful and methodical research.... In her hands, this fascinating subject causes one to rethink theories about social modernization, economic development, and political change. * Perspectives on Political Science *Drawing on Saudi sources never before used by scholars, Chaudry has written a brief but definitive account on the connection between the Saudi state and economy. * Middle East Quarterly *This is a solid two-case study that instead of the usual grand theories offers more contextual and multicausal explanations. * Foreign Affairs *What is most remarkable about this volume is that it makes a valuable theoretical contribution while also containing such a rich and much needed account of the political economic development of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Yemen Arab Republic.... A rich odyssey through the political and the economic histories of these two countries, well-documented and cogently written. * Middle East Policy *
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Book of the Pharaohs
Book SynopsisThe Book of the Pharaohs is an encyclopedia made up of short essays on the pharaohs themselves, as well as on places, dynasties, personages, subjects, and themes relating to the kings and their rule.Trade Review"This compact reference work attempts to answer the questions 'What if we tore off King Tut's gold mask? What lies behind the formalism, the hierarchism, and the majesty of the pharaonic monuments?' In response, Vernus, director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, and Yoyotte, chair of Egyptology at the College de France, present brief biographical sketches of each of the pharaohs, with highlights of their lives and reigns, such as military achievements and monuments built. There are also entries for historically relevant peoples and places, such as the Hittites, whose empire competed with that of the pharaohs, and the city of Memphis, strategically located at the juncture of Upper and Lower Egypt. Maps and a chronology of ancient history are useful editions."—Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2003"Offering easy access to basic information about the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and their world, this work was originally published as Dictionnaire des pharaohs by two French scholars and translated into English by a fellow Egyptologist. . . . One of a number of ancient Near East and ancient Egyptian reference resources that have appeared in recent years, this volume is authoritative and easy to use, priced for interested readers and librarians alike. Summing up: Highly recommended. All collections.—Choice, February 2004
£41.40
Cornell University Press Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty Oil Politics in
Book SynopsisSmith deciphers the paradox of the resource curse and questions its inevitability through an innovative comparison of the experiences of Iran and Indonesia.Trade Review"Benjamin Smith has raised the costs for anyone hoping to tell us something new and significant about the role of oil in political development. With Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty he has all but cornered the market."-Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania, author of America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier "Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty is thoughtful, provocative, and innovative. It is a richly textured exploration of political development in oil-exporting Iran and Indonesia. Employing a methodology that is both multilayered and eclectic, Ben Smith challenges the commonplace notion-and implicit suggestion of the 'rentier state' literature-that oil states are intrinsically unstable and prone to breakdown. He demonstrates that political outcomes are determined 'not by oil, but when oil' and highlights the challenges presented by different institutional landscapes at the inception of oil-based development."-Miriam R. Lowi, The College of New Jersey "The fascinating Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty is characterized by bold ambition and real insight; Benjamin Smith admirably weaves together a variety of methods to produce a book that is truly comparative in scope. Smith highlights a key insight for those interested in the politics of oil, namely that timing matters."-Eva Bellin, Hunter College
£97.20
Cornell University Press Blood Ties
Book SynopsisThe region that is today the Republic of Macedonia was long the heart of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. It was home to a complex mix of peoples and faiths who had for hundreds of years lived together in relative peace. To be sure, these people were no strangers to coercive violence and various forms of depredations visited upon them by bandits and state agents. In the final decades of the nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, however, the region was periodically racked by bitter conflict that was qualitatively different from previous outbreaks of violence. In Blood Ties, Ipek K. Yosmaoglu explains the origins of this shift from sporadic to systemic and pervasive violence through a social history of the Macedonian Question. Yosmaoglu's account begins in the aftermath of the Congress of Berlin (1878), when a potent combination of zero-sum imperialism, nascent nationalism, and modernizing states set in motion the events that directly contributed to the outbreakTrade ReviewYosmaoğlu's riveting and multifaceted study of Ottoman Macedonia adds to the extensive literature on the Macedonian Question at two levels: first, it constitutes the first systematic study of Ottoman sources related to the area (triangulated with French, British, and, sporadically, Greek accounts), and second, it provides an unambiguously bottom-up depiction of events at the community level. Yosmaoğlu partakes in a new scholarly trend—led by Isa Blumi, Christine Phylliou, and Ryan Gingeras, among others—to integrate imperial (Ottoman) and national (Balkan) viewpoints in one coherent narrative....[H]er ability to analyze conflicting accounts, empathize with the plight of Ottoman subjects, and reject stereotypes about the Balkans is admirable. -- Theodora Dragostinova * Slavic Review *"Yosmaoglu relies on theoretical literature in sociology and political science about the use of violence to frame her arguments and to comprehend the patterns of mayhem that marked late Ottoman Macedonia. Hence, her study is an important contribution to a range of literatures in history and the social sciences. It sheds much light on the antecedents of violence in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s." Chip Cagnon, Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. The Ottoman Empire, the Balkans, and the Great Powers on the Road to Mürzsteg 2. Education and the Creation of National Space 3. Territoriality and Its Discontents 4. Fear of Small Margins 5. A Leap of Faith: Disputes over Sacred Space 6. Logic and Legitimacy in Violence Conclusion Bibliography Index
£97.20
Cornell University Press Compassionate Communalism
Book SynopsisIn Lebanon, religious parties such as Hezbollah play a critical role in providing health care, food, poverty relief, and other social welfare services alongside or in the absence of government efforts. Some parties distribute goods and services broadly, even to members of other parties or other faiths, while others allocate services more narrowly to their own base. In Compassionate Communalism, Melani Cammett analyzes the political logics of sectarianism through the lens of social welfare. On the basis of years of research into the varying welfare distribution strategies of Christian, Shia Muslim, and Sunni Muslim political parties in Lebanon, Cammett shows how and why sectarian groups deploy welfare benefits for such varied goals as attracting marginal voters, solidifying intraconfessional support, mobilizing mass support, and supporting militia fighters. Cammett then extends her arguments with novel evidence from the Sadrist movement in post-Saddam Iraq and the BharaTrade ReviewOverall, Compassionate Communalism is the kind of work on non-state social welfare that fills a gap in the political economy literature. I highly recommend the book for anyone interested in Lebanese and Middle Eastern politics, political economy in weak states, ethnic politics and consocialism. -- Barea M. Sinno * International Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Welfare and Sectarianism in Plural Societies 2. Political Sectarianism and the Residual Welfare Regime in Lebanon 3. Political Mobilization Strategies and In-Group Competition among Sectarian Parties 4. The Political Geography of Welfare and Sectarianism 5. Political Loyalty and Access to Welfare 6. Sectarian Parties and Distributional Politics 7. Welfare and Identity Politics beyond Lebanon Conclusion: The Consequences of Welfare Provision by Identity-Based Organizations Appendixes: A. List of Elite Interview Respondents and Provider Questionnaire B. List of Nonelite Interview Respondents and Questionnaire C. National Survey Questions
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Wages of Oil
Book SynopsisThe contrast between Kuwait and the UAE today illustrates the vastly different possible futures facing the smaller states of the Gulf. Dubai''s rulers dream of creating a truly global business center, a megalopolis of many millions attracting immigrants in great waves from near and far. Kuwait, meanwhile, has the most spirited and influential parliament in any of the oil-rich Gulf monarchies.In The Wages of Oil, Michael Herb provides a robust framework for thinking about the future of the Gulf monarchies. The Gulf has seen enormous changes in recent years, and more are to come. Herb explains the nature of the changes we are likely to see in the future. He starts by asking why Kuwait is far ahead of all other Gulf monarchies in terms of political liberalization, but behind all of them in its efforts to diversify its economy away from oil. He compares Kuwait with the United Arab Emirates, which lacks Kuwait's parliament but has moved ambitiously to diversify. ThisTrade ReviewThe Wages of Oil is an absorbing book, rich in detail and nuance, that should become required reading for students and scholars of the Gulf oil states... both a highly readable and very timely analysis that should dispel any lingering notion among policy-makers and lay readers that the Gulf states represent a monolithic regional bloc. -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen * International Affairs *Herb provides a well-presented analysis of the political economies of the Gulf monarchies, with a detailed and insightful assessment of Kuwait and the UAE. This book is a welcome addition to scholarly work on the rentier economies of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) states. -- Lorraine Charles * Middle East Journal *Michael Herb has written about very technical economic concepts using a plethora of graphs and advanced terminology to argue his points. The subject matter isn't for everyone; those with a background in economics and political science will appreciate the book more than others. Yet the book is lively and engaging and Herb has taken a potentially dreary subject and produced an intriguing book accessible to all. -- Charles Fraker * Middle East Policy Council *[T]his book provides a convincing explanation of the origin and effects of Kuwait’s parliament, and suggests several important avenues for further exploration. It does so in sharp, enjoyable prose that is accessible to all educated audiences. For researchers, professors, and practitioners in the fields of political economy, oil and politics, and the Gulf monarchies, this text is useful, engaging, and highly recommended. -- Jocelyn S. Mitchell * Arab Studies Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Labor Markets and Class Politics2. Participation3. Explaining Kuwaiti Exceptionalism4. The Consequences of Absolutism5. The Consequences of Participation6. What Resource Curse?Dilemmas of Development and Democracy in the GulfReferences Index Contents
£37.05
Cornell University Press Heresy and the Politics of Community
Book SynopsisIn a book with a bold new view of medieval Jewish history, written in a style accessible to nonspecialists and students as well as to scholars in the field, Marina Rustow changes our understanding of the origins and nature of heresy itself. Scholars have long believed that the Rabbanites and Qaraites, the two major Jewish groups under Islamic rule, split decisively in the tenth century and from that time forward the minority Qaraites were deemed a heretical sect. Qaraites affirmed a right to decide matters of Jewish law free from centuries of rabbinic interpretation; the Rabbanites, in turn, claimed an unbroken chain of scholarly tradition.Rustow draws heavily on the Cairo Geniza, a repository of papers found in a Rabbanite synagogue, to show that despite the often fierce arguments between the groups, they depended on each other for political and financial support and cooperated in both public and private life. This evidence of remarkable interchange leads Rustow to the conclTrade ReviewRustow's book provides us fascinating new insights into the history of Jewish Eastern communities of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine during the crucial and politically unstable period of the rule of the Fatimid caliphs.... Her focus on documentary and epistolary sources and on the caliphal administration allows Rustow to present a picture of Rabbanite-Karaite relations which differs from the more standard views of modern scholarship... that present Karaism as a separatist 'sect' and a threat to Judaism.... On the contrary, Rustow shows, the Karaites constituted one among other Jewish groups of the period and were fully engaged in Jewish community life as a whole. * Journal of Jewish Studies *The Cairo Geniza documents have been at the center of Jewish scholarship for over a century. Rustow has reviewed the medieval and modern models that emerged on the basis of the rich polemical literature and challenges them against the extant contemporary correspondence that describe the actual interactions.... This well-written and reader-friendly major contribution is accessible to neophyte and scholar alike, and will engender a new, nuanced view of the social relations among Jews and Muslims in the medieval Mediterranean. Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction AbbreviationsPart I: The Shape of the Jewish Community 1. The Tripartite Community 2. Jewish Book Culture in the Tenth Century 3. The Limits of Communal AutonomyPart II: Rabbanites, Qaraites, and the Politics of Leadership 4. Qaraites and the Politics of Powerlessness 5. "Nothing but Kindness, Benefi t, and Loyalty": Qaraites and the Ge'onim of Baghdad 6. "Under the Authority of God and All Israel": Qaraites and the Ge’onim of Jerusalem 7. "Glory of the Two Parties": Petitions to Qaraite Courtiers 8. The Affair of the Ban of Excommunication in 1029Part III: Scholastic Loyalty and Its Limits 9. Rabbanite-Qaraite Marriages 10. In the Courts: Legal ReciprocityPart IV: The Origins of Territorial Governance 11. Avignon in Ramla: The Schism of 1038–42 12. The Tripartite Community and the First CrusadeEpilogue: Toward a History of Jewish HeresyGlossary Guide to Places and People Manuscript Sources Bibliography Index
£39.60
Cornell University Press Qatar
Book SynopsisThe Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava...Trade Review"Mehran Kamrava, a well-known expert on the middle East and the Persian Gulf, continues to contribute immensely to the intellectual life of Doha where he has been working since the establishment of Centre for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Forgein Service in Qatar.Therefore, his book entitled Qatar: Small State, Big Politics came as no surprise and indeed is very much welcome." -Erdem Tuncer, Perceptions: Jounral of International Affairs(Fall 2013) "In this impressive book, Mehran Kamrava addresses the remarkable phenomenon of tiny Qatar and whether or not it is likely to become a major regional force. Crucially, he sets Qatar apart from its other resource-rich monarchical neighbors by placing necessary emphasis on its emerging foreign policy."-Christopher M. Davidson, Durham University, author of After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies "This very well-written book uses Qatar as a vehicle to discuss big ideas like the nature of power, state autonomy, and high modernism."-F. Gregory Gause, University of Vermont, author of Oil Monarchies "Mehran Kamrava, who is an established authority on the Persian Gulf, has generated the most readable and analytically rich studies of this subregion with great consistency. It is good to see him turn his sharp eye toward the subregion's most interesting state actor today-namely Qatar. In his brilliant new book on this small but economically dynamic Gulf state, Kamrava provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of this country's power pyramid and the policy imperatives of its modernizing elite alongside a full analysis of the essence of its 'subtle power,' indeed 'soft power,' as he maps what he calls Doha's 'hyperactive' diplomacy and regional conduct. This book will excite even the keenest observer of the Gulf for its ability to delve deep while also painting the most intricate conceptual canvass for Qatar's 'moment in history.' Honestly, I read it cover to cover and enjoyed learning something new from its every page! Kamrava never fails to deliver."-Anoush Ehteshami, author of Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf: Political Economy, War and RevolutionTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Setting the Stage2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy5. State Capacity and High Modernism6. Qatar's Moment in HistoryNotesBibliographyIndex
£16.14
Cornell University Press Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty
Book SynopsisSmith deciphers the paradox of the resource curse and questions its inevitability through an innovative comparison of the experiences of Iran and Indonesia.Trade Review"Benjamin Smith has raised the costs for anyone hoping to tell us something new and significant about the role of oil in political development. With Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty he has all but cornered the market."—Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania, author of America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier"Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty is thoughtful, provocative, and innovative. It is a richly textured exploration of political development in oil-exporting Iran and Indonesia. Employing a methodology that is both multilayered and eclectic, Ben Smith challenges the commonplace notion—and implicit suggestion of the 'rentier state' literature—that oil states are intrinsically unstable and prone to breakdown. He demonstrates that political outcomes are determined 'not by oil, but when oil' and highlights the challenges presented by different institutional landscapes at the inception of oil-based development."—Miriam R. Lowi, The College of New Jersey"The fascinating Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty is characterized by bold ambition and real insight; Benjamin Smith admirably weaves together a variety of methods to produce a book that is truly comparative in scope. Smith highlights a key insight for those interested in the politics of oil, namely that timing matters."—Eva Bellin, Hunter College
£25.64
Cornell University Press Evolving Nationalism
Book SynopsisEvolving Nationalism examines how the idea of Israel as a nation-state has developed within Zionist and Israeli discourse over the past eight decades. Nadav G. Shelef focuses on the changing ways in which the main nationalist movements answered three distinct questions in their private and public ideological articulations between 1925 and 2005: Where is the Land of Israel? Who ought to be Israeli? What should the Zionist national mission be? Framed within broader debates about how and why changes in foundational definitions of the nation occur, Shelef''s analysis centers on the mechanisms of ideological change and then subjects them to empirical scrutiny. He thus moves beyond the common but problematic assumptions that such transformations must be either a rare, rational adaptation to traumatic shock or a relatively constant product of manipulation by power-hungry elites. He finds that nationalist movements, including radical and religious fundamentalist ones, can and Trade ReviewAs presented by Shelef, who writes in an admirably lucid style that manages to be both sophisticated and coherent, this is undoubtedly a compelling thesis.... He is to be highly commended for having opened up a new avenue of enquiry in a field that, because it has been so extensively ploughed by others, a less courageous scholar might have given a very wide berth. * The Journal of Israeli History *Table of ContentsPreface Nationalism, Change, and EvolutionPart I. Where Is the Land of Israel? 1. Labor Zionist Mapping of the Homeland 2. Religious Zionist Mapping of the Homeland 3. Revisionist Zionist Mapping of the HomelandPart II. Destiny and Identity 4. Transformations of the Collective Mission 5. Arabs and Diaspora Jews in Israeli National Identity 6. Ongoing Transformations of Israeli NationalismNationalism and the Question of ChangeNotes Bibliography Index
£21.59
Cornell University Press Princes Brokers and Bureaucrats
Book SynopsisIn Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an untold history of how the elite rivalries and whims of half a century ago have shaped today''s Saudi state and are reflected in its policies. Starting in the late 1990s, Saudi Arabia embarked on an ambitious reform campaign to remedy its long-term economic stagnation. The results have been puzzling for both area specialists and political economists: Saudi institutions have not failed across the board, as theorists of the rentier state would predict, nor have they achieved the all-encompassing modernization the regime has touted. Instead, the kingdom has witnessed a bewildering mélange of thorough failures and surprising successes.Hertog argues that it is traits peculiar to the Saudi state that make sense of its uneven capacities. Oil rents since World War II have shaped Saudi state institutions in ways that are far from uniform.Trade ReviewPrinces, Brokers, and Bureaucrats is an extraordinary book. Impressively researched, insightful, and lucidly written, Steffen Hertog has laid bare the complexity of the Saudi state, including its history, the ways the state functions, the impact of oil wealth on its institutions, and the behavior of its bureaucrats.... It is no exaggeration to write that Hertog's book is the finest book ever written on politics and the state in Saudi Arabia, an unparalleled achievement.... Hertog’s work reveals a number of wrinkles in the conventional wisdom on Saudi Arabia and the politics of oil states. Inefficiency and corruption exist in Saudi Arabia but so, too, do efficiency and professionalism. Where rentier theory predicts uniform patterns of government behavior, particularly in regard to corruption and paralyzing rent seeking, Hertog finds diverse patterns of behavior.... This book is the clearest and best documented work yet on the nuts and bolts of the Saudi government as well as its complicated bureaucracy and distribution of power. -- Toby C. Jones * International Journal of Middle East Studies *It is an ability to see how politics shapes the structure and operations of the contemporary Saudi state that distinguishes Hertog's book. In a work characterized throughout by rigorous analysis, astute historical reflection and sharp observation, Hertog brilliantly illustrates the complexities and contradictions of an Arab rentier state. -- G. J. H. Dowling * Middle East Policy *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Unpacking the Saudi State: Oil Fiefdoms and Their Clients Part I: Oil and History 2. Oil Fiefdoms in Flux: The New Saudi State in the 1950s 3. The Emerging Bureaucratic Order under Faisal 4. The 1970s Boom: Bloating the State and Clientelizing Society Part II: Policy-Making in Segmented Clientelism 5. The Foreign Investment Act: Lost between Fiefdoms 6. Eluding the "Saudization" of Labor Markets 7. The Fragmented Domestic Negotiations over WTO Adaptation 8. Comparing the Case Studies, Comparing Saudi Arabia
£19.99
MB - Cornell University Press Egyptian Religion
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A fascinating book. . . . Siegfried Morenz discusses the concept of religion among the Egyptians, religion as the center of their civilization, the relationship between their gods and humans, the complex structure of their cosmological systems and their concept of time, of death, and the afterlife, and finally the interplay of Egypt with Syria, Ethiopia, and the Greek world in the field of religion."—Classical Bulletin
£28.49
Cornell University Press The Price of Wealth
Book SynopsisKiren Aziz Chaudhry shows how state and market institutions are created and transformed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, two countries that typify labor and oil exporters in the developing worlds.Trade ReviewAn interesting and thought-provoking book, well researched and well argued. It fills a vacuum in studies on both the Middle East and political economy and is recommended to all those who are interested in these fields. * Millennium: Journal of International Studies *Chaudry has written three books in one. The most important is an account of the connection between Saudi Arabia's government and economy. Using previously unknown Saudi archival material, her chapter on the 1914–73 period is spectacularly rich. * Choice *Chaudry is a first-rate political economist who does careful and methodical research.... In her hands, this fascinating subject causes one to rethink theories about social modernization, economic development, and political change. * Perspectives on Political Science *Drawing on Saudi sources never before used by scholars, Chaudry has written a brief but definitive account on the connection between the Saudi state and economy. * Middle East Quarterly *This is a solid two-case study that instead of the usual grand theories offers more contextual and multicausal explanations. * Foreign Affairs *What is most remarkable about this volume is that it makes a valuable theoretical contribution while also containing such a rich and much needed account of the political economic development of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Yemen Arab Republic.... A rich odyssey through the political and the economic histories of these two countries, well-documented and cogently written. * Middle East Policy *
£30.40
Cornell University Press Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Book SynopsisShibley Telhami and Michael Barnett, together with experts on Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Syria, explore how the formation and transformation of national and state identities affect the foreign policy behavior of Middle Eastern states.Trade ReviewBy addressing the question of the role of identity in foreign policy-making, this volume places itself at the heart of one of the great IR debates at the moment, and this is by no means incidental. -- Morton Valbjorn * Corporation and Conflict: Journal of the Nordic International Studies Association *
£24.69
Cornell University Press Sphinx
Book SynopsisSphinxes are legion in Egyptwhat is so special about this one?... We shall take a stroll around the monument itself, scrutinizing its special features and analyzing the changes it experienced throughout its history. The evidence linked to the statue will enable us to trace its evolution... down to the worship it received in the first centuries of our own era, when Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans mingled together in devotion to this colossus, illustrious witness to a past that was already more than two millennia old.from the IntroductionThe Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the few monuments from ancient Egypt familiar to nearly everyone. In a land where the colossal is part of the landscape, it still stands out, the largest known statue in Egypt. Originally constructed as the image of King Chephren, builder of the second of the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx later acquired new fame in the guise of the sun god Harmakhis. Major construction efforts in the New Kingdom and Roman Period transformTrade ReviewChristiane Zivie-Coche's Sphinx: History of a Monument reflects her particular concern with the later history of the Giza sphinx and with the Giza plateau as a whole. This... translation... brings to an anglophone readership a wealth of detail about the appropriation of the sphinx in the New Kingdom and the Late Period, as a monument no longer exclusively tied to the old royal funerary cult but developing a religious status in its own right. * Egyptian Archeology *
£20.39
Johns Hopkins University Press Saladin The Sultan and His Times 11381193
Book SynopsisThis faithful English-language translation includes an introduction that places Saladinin his geographic, political, and cultural context.Trade ReviewSaladin is a must read for those learning of Middle Eastern tradition. -- James A. Cox Midwest Book Review 2009 The book, capably translated by David S. Bachrach, is a brief but highly readable and informative work... the book is well suited for the general public and for classroom use. -- Timothy May H-War, H-Net Reviews 2009 This short book... is easy to read and comprehend. It is well suited for the general audience... Its strength lies in that it not only covers events on the battlefield, but it also covers diplomatic efforts as part of its narrative on Saladin's life. -- Muhammed Hassanali World History Connected 2010 Anyone who reads this book will understand why Saladin continues to capture the imagination and interest of people in the 21st century. -- Charles Baker Saudi Aramco World 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The World of SaladinChapter 1. The Establishment of the Crusader StatesChapter 2. Crusade and JihadChapter 3. Saladin's RiseChapter 4. Nur al-Din's InheritanceChapter 5. Saladin's Triumph over the FranksChapter 6. The Third CrusadeChapter 7. Saladin and PosterityChronologySuggested ReadingIndex of Names
£37.35
University of Toronto Press Weapons of Mass Persuasion
Book SynopsisWith nearly sixty percent of Americans initially against a pre-emptive war without sanction from the United Nations, and even higher anti-war numbers in most other nations of the world, the 2003 war against Iraq quickly became an enormous public relations challenge for the George W. Bush administration. The subject of Weapons of Mass Persuasion is a war in which American patriotism became so mired in commercial jingoism that the demarcations between entertainment and political conduct disappeared completely.In this engaging and disturbing book, Paul Rutherford shows how the marketing campaign for the war against Iraq was constructed and carried out. He argues that not only was the campaign a new chapter in the presentation of real-time war as pop culture, but that its deeper implications have now come to constitute part of the history of modern democracy. Situating the war against Iraq within an existing tradition of war as narrative, spectacle, and, more broadly, commTrade Review'... this book is crucial reading for anyone interested in the way the Iraq war was presented to the public. Lies, half-truths, infotainment, and marketing will surely come our way the next time war drums starting pounding again.' -- Greg Kelly Globe and Mail
£24.29
University of Nebraska Press I Nadia Wife of a Terrorist
Book SynopsisThe Algerian journalist Baya Gacemi takes a dangerous political step in writing the ""autobiography"" of a young Algerian woman whom she met through a program for female victims of Islamist violence in Algiers. Gacemi provides a human face to the cultural wars that have torn Algeria and the Middle East apart, revealing the roots of terrorism.Trade Review"This first-person account of a young woman's seduction by Islamist extremism also offers an intimate look at the Algerian civil war... Gacemi's book received a lot of attention in France. Since Americans are less knowledgeable about Algeria, it will probably get less here-which is unfortunate, since her account of how a whole community can be seduced by terrorists is frightening and invaluable."-Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly "Gacemi's unique and invaluable portrayal of this personal side of terrorism is shocking, poignant, and impossible to forget."-Booklist -- Deborah Donovan Booklist "[A] fascinating autobiography... Nadia's is a rare, firsthand account by a female Islamist extremist, and it reveals the personal, domestic dramas underlying the political turmoil of our times."-Washington Post Book World -- Andrew Ervin Washington Post Book World "Nadia tells her story simply, offering little analysis. It is the very directness of the narrative that will push readers to consider both the appeal Islamism holds for some downtrodden women, and the way militant Islamism keeps women prisoners. An ultimately heart-wrenching personal account."-Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews "Readers should ponder the wisdom of the decision made by Algeria's military to deprive Islamists of their political victory in 1991. It is because Islamist radicals enter the political process with such contempt for democracy that one must be cautious in legitimizing them politically. For those interested in learning how jihadists and militants are perverting Islam, Gacemi's book is a good place to start."-LCDR Youssef Aboul-Enein, Military Review -- LCDR Youssef Aboul-Enein Military Review "Stark, visceral, and disturbing, this biography tells the true story of the transformation of a naive teenage into the wife of a brutal religious fanatic... Many books have been written about the terrorist mind, but few explore the psychology of the civilians who make the terrorist way of life possible... Both Gacemi and her subject have taken a brave step in telling this story."-ForeWord -- Aimee Sabo ForeWord "Nadia's voice has the clarity of Anne Frank or Zlata Filipovic, the young diarist from Sarajevo. Her story adds immeasurably to our empathy for victims of violence everywhere and to our understanding of the roots of terrorism."-Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review -- Susan Salter Reynolds Los Angeles Times Book Review
£17.99
Stanford University Press ReMembering Osiris Number Gender and the Word in
Book SynopsisThe texts and visual arts of ancient Egypt reveal a persistent and sophisticated engagement with problems of language, the body, and multiplicity. This innovative book shows how these issues were represented and how Egyptian approaches to them continue to influence the way we think about them today.Trade Review"Hare's book is the first postmodern treatment of ancient Egypt, meaning an approach that is highly subjective, reflexive, ironic, ludic, eclectic, reconstructive, imaginative, and creative. Notwithstanding his being a specialist in early Japanese literature, Hare's knowledge of ancient Egypt, Egyptian grammar, and the professional literature is excellent. No Egyptologist, however, would have been able to cast such a fresh and uninhibited look at Egyptian texts and Egyptological theories and interpretations." -Jan Assmann,University of HeidelbergTable of ContentsCONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
£28.80
Stanford University Press The Struggle for Sovereignty
Book SynopsisThis book examines political, social, and cultural changes in Palestine and Israel from the 1993 Oslo Accords through the second Palestinian uprising and the death of Yasser Arafat. It also explains the failures of the Oslo process and considers the prospects for a just and lasting peace in the region.Trade Review"It is no small task to disentangle the intricate threads of Palestine-Israel relations as these have developed in the recent tumultuous years. These expert essays approach this goal from varied perspectives and with rich insight into the internal workings of the societies themselves, and the international framework in which their confrontations have evolved. If there is to be a resolution to these painful conflicts, and the misery they are inflicting, it will have to be based on comprehensive understanding of the kind that these inquiries provide, with impressive success." -Noam Chomsky,Massachusetts Institute of Technology "This is a critical and comprehensive guide to political and cultural developments in Israel and Palestine in the last decade. Some of the most informed and insightful analysts writing today allow us finally to see clearly what official media and politicians have obscured." -Lila Abu-Lughod,Columbia University
£25.19
Stanford University Press The Disenchantment of the Orient
Book SynopsisA historical narrative of how Israeli expertise in Arab affairs has contributed to the creation of cultural separatism between Jews and Arabs, a separatism that exacerbates the conflict between the two peoples.Trade Review"At times provocative and always illuminating, the book provides an important...analysis of the history of "expertise in Arab affairs" in Israel." -- American Journal of Sociology"Gil Eyal's book will be seminal, if not downright explosive. The argument that something as big as the Palestinian/Israeli conflict was influenced by something as pedestrian as a turf war among knowledge experts is surprising, well-documented, and elegantly argued." -- Aziza Khazzoom, University of California * Los Angeles *"The Disenchantment of the Orient is at once an innovative study in the sociology of knowledge and an important contribution to understanding Israel and its relations to Arab society. Drawing on the analytic perspectives of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Latour, Gil Eyal develops an original framework for understanding the production of knowledge, its transformation into legitimate expertise, and struggles over its deployment. It should be read not only by those interested in the Middle East but by all those interested in the organization of intellectual fields." -- Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council, and University Professor * New York University *"This is a brilliant book that challenges basic assumptions of Orientalism and Orientalists in general, and of studies of Israeli society in particular. Gil Eyal brings together several disciplines typically studied in isolation—history of the Middle East, Jewish history, social history, and sociology—in a way that bridges all these fields and merges them into one intergrated story. This pioneering work is indeed a tour de force." -- Yehouda Shenhav * Tel Aviv University *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: What is Mizrahanut? A Methodological Introduction Chapter 2: The Jews Underneath the Arab's Mask: The Experience of the Orient in the Pre-State Period Chapter 3: The Field of Orientalist Expertise before 1948 Chapter 4: The Struggle Over Jurisdiction, 1948-1953 Chapter 5: The Discourse About the Arab Village Chapter 6: Military Intelligence and Middle Eastern Studies Conclusions Appendix 1 Bibliography Index
£84.15
Stanford University Press Between Foreigners and Shiis
Book SynopsisBetween Foreigners and Shi'is addresses nineteenth-century Iranian Jews' standing as influenced by the interplay between intervening foreigners, sectors of the Shi'i majority, and local Jews.Trade Review"Tsadik recaptures the history of their everyday life, along with that of the Muslim majority and other minority communities. This approach makes significant departure from the existing scholarship and is thus praiseworthy. Tsadik skillfully integrates a wide range of sources, written in Persian, English, Hebrew, and French." -- Lior Sternfeld * H-Net Reviews *"...Daniel Tsadik has written an excellent book, illuminating the complexities of the social dynamics of Iranian cities in the late nineteenth century." -- Moojan Momen * Baha'i Studies Review *"Tsadik weaves the story of Iranian Jews within the larger context of the vicissitudes of reform attempts in Iran, its widening and problematic ties with Europe, and within the broader Jewish story of the period. In providing this rich and multifaceted picture, Tsadik's book is a welcome addition to the field, and is highly recommended to anyone interested in the nineteenth century history of Iran, in the history of Middle Eastern Jewish communities and all Middle Eastern religious minorities." -- Meir Litvak * Middle Eastern Studies *"Between Foreigners and Shiis is an engagingly written and meticulously documented account of the dynamics of Jewish life in Qajar Iran. With linguistic skill, first-hand cultural familiarity, and impressive analytical acumen, Daniel Tsadik has mined a wide range of archival and printed sources in various Middle Eastern and European languages. The historical tableau that he has painted is carefully nuanced and shaded. He shows the complex interplay of different internal attitudes and trends, outside intervention by western Jewish elites and European governments, and the coping strategies of Iranian Jews themselves. Tsadik is careful to show the vicissitudes of Jewish life in a pre-modern, traditional Shiite state while always pointing out that attitudes of Muslim clerics and theologians were by no means monolithic. This book could not have appeared at a more opportune time. First, it fills in a major gap in the history of Jews in the Persian-speaking world. Second, it provides much needed background to understanding the theological and socio-legal framework of today's Islamic Republic of Iran which is home to the largest Jewish community remaining in the entire Islamic world. This is a major contribution to both Judaic and Islamic historical studies and will—I believe—remain the standard work on the subject for a long time to come." -- Norman A. Stillman * University of Oklahoma *"Daniel Tsadik's impressive study of the Iranian Jewry in the 19th century utilizes extensive archival and other Persian, Hebrew, and European sources to narrate the multifaceted story of Jewish community's interaction with the Qajar state, the Shii clerical establishment, the European powers and the Iranian society at large. This is an original and timely study that fills an important gap in historiography of modern Iran." -- Abbas Amanat * Yale University *"Daniel Tsadik has effectively mined and assessed the sources in this readable book on the trials of the Jewish community in nineteenth century Iran and on the efforts of Iranian rulers, under Western pressure, to assure them better treatment. This is an important book for all interested in Jewish, Iranian, and Middle Eastern history." -- Nikki Keddie, University of California * Los Angeles *"Daniel Tsadik's thorough, essential, and ground-breaking study enriches significantly our knowledge of Iran's Jewry in the nineteenth century. It sheds critical light on the tensions between the Shiite hierocracy and the secularizing pressures without which it is impossible to understand contemporary Iran." -- Vera B. Moreen, Fellow, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies * University of Pennsylvania *"Focusing on the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah (1848-1896) in Iran, Daniel Tsadik examines developments in the position of Jews as a minority in Iran during the nineteenth century. This thorough study is an important contribution to our knowledge of Iranian Jews as well as for the study of Middle Eastern Jews, Iran, the Middle East, minorities, and relations between the Middle East and foreign powers, and should be in academic libraries with collections on these topics." -- Association of Jewish Libraries"Between Foreigners and Shi'is is an important addition to the library of those interested in Iranian or Jewish history. Hopefully, Tsadik will produce a sequel continuing his narrative through the twentieth century to the present day." -- Michael Rubin * Middle East Quarterly *"Between Foreigners and Shi'is, a ground-breaking work that will henceforth prove indispensible to any researcher of modern Judeo-Persian studies, is a meticulous piece of scholarship that brings as much novelty to its own field as it does to modern Iranian historiography, Middle Eastern political studies, and Islamic studies." -- Houman Sarshar * American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences *"Daniel Tsadik's detailed and abundantly-sourced study certainly goes a long way to furthering knowledge in regard to the position of Iran's Jewish community in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.... Tsadik's excellent study... not only sheds light on the plight of the Jews in Qajar Iran, it also provides valuable insights into issues facing other religious minorities in the country, and into Qajar society in the Nasiri period as a whole." -- Dominic Parviz Brookshaw * Iranian Studies *"This is an important, pioneering historical study of the Jewish minority of Persia, using the canons of contemporary Western academic scholarship .... Highly recommended." -- L. D Loeb * Choice *"Based on numerous sources... a thoroughly documented and original critical essay... up to this day, this is the most exhaustive research on the fate of Jews in Iran in the 19th century... a noteworthy work." -- Jean Calmard * Studia Iranica *"Using an impressive range of archival, manuscript, and published primary and secondary sources, Tsadik describes the internal societal tensions and the mounting external pressures that contributed [. . .] to anti-Jewish reactions on the part of the Shi'ite clerical establishment and the populace [. . .] and to modest improvements in the Jews' civil status . . . [The book is a] major and timely contribution[] to Jewish, Iranian, and Middle Eastern studies." -- Norman A. Stillman * Studies in Contemporary Jewry *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Abbreviations iii Note on Transliteration and Style iii Glossary iii Acknowledgments iii Map of Nineteenth-Century Iran iii @toc2:Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Shii Legal Attitudes Toward the Jews 000 Chapter 2: "Justice and Kindness" (18481866) 000 Chapter 3: Vacillating Steps Toward Change (18661873) 000 Chapter 4: Fragile and Erratic Amelioration (18741883) 000 Chapter 5: Reassertion of the Dhimmah (18841896) 000 Conclusions 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
£52.70
Stanford University Press The Other Iraq
Book SynopsisChronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence.Trade Review"...Bashkin's work is a fascinating and rich account and will become essential reading for all interested in Iraqi history .... Overall, this is a lucid, intelligent, and well-written book that will help shape the historiography of modern Iraq." -- Magnus T. Bernhardsson * Williams College, TAARII Newsletter *"An important and enlightening book." -- Esther Meir-Galicnstein * Israeli Sociology *"Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq est à la fois un approfondissement de sa contribution à l'histoire intellectuelle de l'Irak contemporain - son champ de recherche d'origine - et une incursion dans une histoire spécifique, celle des communautés juives du monde arabe, avant et après la création de l'Etat d'Israël." -- Leyla Dakhili * Le Mouvement *"The Other Iraq opens up an entirely new perspective on the history of Iraq. No other study covers the variety and pluralism of intellectual history in a Middle Eastern society with such breadth and depth. It is a unique, unprecedented account of Iraqi writers' open-mindedness during a period when ideologies were still not fully formulated. It will usher in a change of paradigm." -- Peter Wien, University of Maryland * College Park *"This unquestionably original study considers the output of a remarkably wide range of Iraqi intellectuals, assessing their views as part of an interactive intellectual community. With sharp, clear analysis, it makes several significant contributions to the study of Iraqi and Middle Eastern intellectual history." -- James Jankowski, University of Colorado * Boulder *"A book written to explain an earlier era sometimes takes on a new and startling relevance in a later one.... Bashkin's book not only anticipates many of the troubles encountered in Iraq today, but it also supplies a vocabulary with which to talk about them and about the breach between political theory and political practice." -- Middle East JournalTable of Contents@fmct:Contents Acknowledgments xxx Introduction: Hybrid Iraq 1 Part 1 Aspects of Pluralism in the Iraqi Public Sphere 000 1 Modest Hopes: Iraqi Intellectuals in the Early 1920s 000 2 Protecting Pluralism, 19311945 000 3 Renaissance and Revolution, 19451958 000 Part 2 National Narratives 000 4 The Production of Pan-Arabism(s): Narratives of Iraqi-Arab Nationalism 000 5 Strangers in our Midst: Iraq's Others 000 6 The Rural Nation: Intellectuals, Tribesmen, and Peasants 000 7 Educating the Nation: Modes and Theories of Discipline 000 Conclusion 000 Appendix: Political Affiliation of Prominent Intellectuals 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
£89.10
Stanford University Press Global Jihad
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Glenn Robinson makes a signal contribution to our understanding of the history and the essence of global jihad. This concise book delivers much more than its modest title promises, and renders comprehensible the causes of global jihad since the 1980s."—Robert Springborg, Naval Postgraduate School"Glenn Robinson has produced a masterful book that is incisive, insightful, and comprehensive—a tour de force on the evolution of jihadism. For anyone interested in better understanding the contemporary politics of the Middle East and Islam, Global Jihad is essential reading."—Mehran Kamrava, author of Inside the Arab State"Glenn Robinson brilliantly dissects the religious ideology underpinning jihadist movements, as well as the social factors that draw young Muslims to them. With Global Jihad, he outlines what attracts young people to the nihilistic violence of 'movements of rage,' all framed in a story bigger than themselves."—Joel S. Migdal, University of Washington"If you have been searching for an accessible introduction to jihadism, look no further. In Global Jihad: A Brief History, Glenn Robinson masterfully summarizes five decades of jihadi history with the insight and accuracy that only a veteran scholar with deep area knowledge can provide. Highly recommended for anyone seeking to understand 9/11, ISIS, and the future of militant Islamism."—Thomas Hegghammer, author of The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad"Global Jihad is provocative, informative, and beautifully written. Robinson provides a superb analysis of global jihad's leadership, violence, goals, and support from the 1980s to 2020. An essential guide for policymakers, soldiers, diplomats, and anyone seeking to understand and deal with radical and extremist Islam."—Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University"Robinson provides a synthetic and remarkably comprehensive account of the evolution of political jihad since it came to global prominence in the 1980s. He sketches four waves of jihadi activity: the international call to expel the Soviets from Afghanistan during the 1980s, the anti-American focus of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, the rejection by the so-called Islamic State (or isis) of the international system, and the proliferation of "lone wolf" actions fueled by radicalization on the Internet. Robinson provides both an accessible history and a provocative analysis of one of the most important political movements in the world over the last half century."—Foreign Affairs"Robinson's narrative is clear and concise, and it is not overburdened by unnecessary bibliography. His book is a real contribution to scholarship and public discourse; ideally, it should be read both inside and outside of academia."—Ilan Fuchs, The Edge"This work will be most helpful for those wishing to understand the differences between major Islamist terror groups and why they focus on different targets...Recommended."—C. J. Wright, CHOICE"Global Jihad is a great read and a tremendous resource that experts, generalists, and students will all find valuable. It deserves to be a landmark text in the fields of terrorism studies, global conflict, and religious studies."—Joseph Stieb, H-WarTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Birth of Islamism and Jihadism 1. The Jihadi International, 1979-1990 2. America First! 1996-2011 3. Caliphate Now! 2003-2017 4. Personal Jihad, 2001-2020 . . . And Beyond Conclusion: Movements of Rage Epilogue: Who Won?
£73.95
Stanford University Press Global Jihad A Brief History
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Glenn Robinson makes a signal contribution to our understanding of the history and the essence of global jihad. This concise book delivers much more than its modest title promises, and renders comprehensible the causes of global jihad since the 1980s."—Robert Springborg, Naval Postgraduate School"Glenn Robinson has produced a masterful book that is incisive, insightful, and comprehensive—a tour de force on the evolution of jihadism. For anyone interested in better understanding the contemporary politics of the Middle East and Islam, Global Jihad is essential reading."—Mehran Kamrava, author of Inside the Arab State"Glenn Robinson brilliantly dissects the religious ideology underpinning jihadist movements, as well as the social factors that draw young Muslims to them. With Global Jihad, he outlines what attracts young people to the nihilistic violence of 'movements of rage,' all framed in a story bigger than themselves."—Joel S. Migdal, University of Washington"If you have been searching for an accessible introduction to jihadism, look no further. In Global Jihad: A Brief History, Glenn Robinson masterfully summarizes five decades of jihadi history with the insight and accuracy that only a veteran scholar with deep area knowledge can provide. Highly recommended for anyone seeking to understand 9/11, ISIS, and the future of militant Islamism."—Thomas Hegghammer, author of The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad"Global Jihad is provocative, informative, and beautifully written. Robinson provides a superb analysis of global jihad's leadership, violence, goals, and support from the 1980s to 2020. An essential guide for policymakers, soldiers, diplomats, and anyone seeking to understand and deal with radical and extremist Islam."—Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University"Robinson provides a synthetic and remarkably comprehensive account of the evolution of political jihad since it came to global prominence in the 1980s. He sketches four waves of jihadi activity: the international call to expel the Soviets from Afghanistan during the 1980s, the anti-American focus of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, the rejection by the so-called Islamic State (or isis) of the international system, and the proliferation of "lone wolf" actions fueled by radicalization on the Internet. Robinson provides both an accessible history and a provocative analysis of one of the most important political movements in the world over the last half century."—Foreign Affairs"Robinson's narrative is clear and concise, and it is not overburdened by unnecessary bibliography. His book is a real contribution to scholarship and public discourse; ideally, it should be read both inside and outside of academia."—Ilan Fuchs, The Edge"This work will be most helpful for those wishing to understand the differences between major Islamist terror groups and why they focus on different targets...Recommended."—C. J. Wright, CHOICE"Global Jihad is a great read and a tremendous resource that experts, generalists, and students will all find valuable. It deserves to be a landmark text in the fields of terrorism studies, global conflict, and religious studies."—Joseph Stieb, H-WarTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Birth of Islamism and Jihadism 1. The Jihadi International, 1979-1990 2. America First! 1996-2011 3. Caliphate Now! 2003-2017 4. Personal Jihad, 2001-2020 . . . And Beyond Conclusion: Movements of Rage Epilogue: Who Won?
£18.89
