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Understanding the Contemporary Middle East / ed. by Deborah J. Gerner, Jillian Schwedler.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary WorldPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (483 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781685856687
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956 23/eng/20220822
LOC classification:
  • DS44 .U473 2022
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2 The Middle East: A Geographic Preface -- 3. The Historical Context -- 4. Middle Eastern Politics -- 5. International Relations -- 6. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- 7. The Economies of the Middle East -- 8. The Political Economy of Middle Eastern Oil -- 9. Population Growth, Urbanization, and the Challenges of Unemployment -- 10. Kinship, Class, and Ethnicity -- 11. The Role of Women -- 12. Religion and Politics in the Middle East -- 13. Middle Eastern Literature -- 14. Trends and Prospects -- Acronyms -- Basic Political Data -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Fully revised and updated including two new entirely new chapters, one on religion and politics, and one on the economies of the Middle East.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685856687

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2 The Middle East: A Geographic Preface -- 3. The Historical Context -- 4. Middle Eastern Politics -- 5. International Relations -- 6. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- 7. The Economies of the Middle East -- 8. The Political Economy of Middle Eastern Oil -- 9. Population Growth, Urbanization, and the Challenges of Unemployment -- 10. Kinship, Class, and Ethnicity -- 11. The Role of Women -- 12. Religion and Politics in the Middle East -- 13. Middle Eastern Literature -- 14. Trends and Prospects -- Acronyms -- Basic Political Data -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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Fully revised and updated including two new entirely new chapters, one on religion and politics, and one on the economies of the Middle East.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)