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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Muʼtah lil-buḥūth wa-al-dirāsāt
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Freedom in the Arab World
Author: Wael Abu-'Uksa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110716124X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
An examination of the concept of freedom in nineteenth-century Arabic political thought, and how it relates to other modern ideologies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110716124X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
An examination of the concept of freedom in nineteenth-century Arabic political thought, and how it relates to other modern ideologies.
City of Black Gold
Author: Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503609146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
“This fine social history of the city of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, traces a century of political upheaval.” —John Waterbury, Foreign Affairs Kirkuk is Iraq’s most multilingual city, for millennia home to a diverse population. It was also where, in 1927, a foreign company first struck oil in Iraq. Over the following decades, Kirkuk became the heart of Iraq’s booming petroleum industry. City of Black Gold tells a story of oil, urbanization, and colonialism in Kirkuk—and how these factors shaped the identities of Kirkuk’s citizens, forming the foundation of an ethnic conflict. Arbella Bet-Shlimon reconstructs the twentieth-century history of Kirkuk to question the assumptions about the past underpinning today’s ethnic divisions. In the early 1920s, when the Iraqi state was formed under British administration, group identities in Kirkuk were fluid. But as the oil industry fostered colonial power and Baghdad’s influence over Kirkuk, intercommunal violence and competing claims to the city’s history took hold. The ethnicities of Kurds, Turkmens, and Arabs in Kirkuk were formed throughout a century of urban development, interactions between communities, and political mobilization. Ultimately, this book shows how contentious politics in disputed areas are not primordial traits of those regions, but are a modern phenomenon tightly bound to the society and economics of urban life. Praise for City of Black Gold “Blending smooth storytelling and sharp analysis, Arbella Bet-Shlimon challenges readers to rethink much of what passes as conventional wisdom about Iraq, and about power, oil, and ethnicity in the twentieth century. A wonderful book, richly documented, accessible, and creative.” —Toby C. Jones, Rutgers University “City of Black Gold is essential for anyone interested in the modern history of Iraq and the roots of the standoff between the government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan regional government. Written with care and sensitivity, Arbella Bet-Shlimon’s history of Kirkuk is a delight to read.” —Joost Hiltermann, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group “This remarkable study of Kirkuk uncovers the ways in which the city became—and did not become—part of the Iraqi state. Arbella Bet-Shlimon bravely covers silenced histories, as she encourages us to look at Iraqi history through its northern urban peripheries. A fascinating urban history.” —Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503609146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
“This fine social history of the city of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, traces a century of political upheaval.” —John Waterbury, Foreign Affairs Kirkuk is Iraq’s most multilingual city, for millennia home to a diverse population. It was also where, in 1927, a foreign company first struck oil in Iraq. Over the following decades, Kirkuk became the heart of Iraq’s booming petroleum industry. City of Black Gold tells a story of oil, urbanization, and colonialism in Kirkuk—and how these factors shaped the identities of Kirkuk’s citizens, forming the foundation of an ethnic conflict. Arbella Bet-Shlimon reconstructs the twentieth-century history of Kirkuk to question the assumptions about the past underpinning today’s ethnic divisions. In the early 1920s, when the Iraqi state was formed under British administration, group identities in Kirkuk were fluid. But as the oil industry fostered colonial power and Baghdad’s influence over Kirkuk, intercommunal violence and competing claims to the city’s history took hold. The ethnicities of Kurds, Turkmens, and Arabs in Kirkuk were formed throughout a century of urban development, interactions between communities, and political mobilization. Ultimately, this book shows how contentious politics in disputed areas are not primordial traits of those regions, but are a modern phenomenon tightly bound to the society and economics of urban life. Praise for City of Black Gold “Blending smooth storytelling and sharp analysis, Arbella Bet-Shlimon challenges readers to rethink much of what passes as conventional wisdom about Iraq, and about power, oil, and ethnicity in the twentieth century. A wonderful book, richly documented, accessible, and creative.” —Toby C. Jones, Rutgers University “City of Black Gold is essential for anyone interested in the modern history of Iraq and the roots of the standoff between the government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan regional government. Written with care and sensitivity, Arbella Bet-Shlimon’s history of Kirkuk is a delight to read.” —Joost Hiltermann, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group “This remarkable study of Kirkuk uncovers the ways in which the city became—and did not become—part of the Iraqi state. Arbella Bet-Shlimon bravely covers silenced histories, as she encourages us to look at Iraqi history through its northern urban peripheries. A fascinating urban history.” —Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago
Media of the Masses
Author: Andrew Simon
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503631451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Media of the Masses investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette tape—to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt. Over the 1970s and 1980s, cassettes became a ubiquitous presence in Egyptian homes and stores. Audiocassette technology gave an opening to ordinary individuals, from singers to smugglers, to challenge state-controlled Egyptian media. Enabling an unprecedented number of people to participate in the creation of culture and circulation of content, cassette players and tapes soon informed broader cultural, political, and economic developments and defined "modern" Egyptian households. Drawing on a wide array of audio, visual, and textual sources that exist outside the Egyptian National Archives, Andrew Simon provides a new entry point into understanding everyday life and culture. Cassettes and cassette players, he demonstrates, did not simply join other twentieth century mass media, like records and radio; they were the media of the masses. Comprised of little more than magnetic reels in plastic cases, cassettes empowered cultural consumers to become cultural producers long before the advent of the Internet. Positioned at the productive crossroads of social history, cultural anthropology, and media and sound studies, Media of the Masses ultimately shows how the most ordinary things may yield the most surprising insights.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503631451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Media of the Masses investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette tape—to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt. Over the 1970s and 1980s, cassettes became a ubiquitous presence in Egyptian homes and stores. Audiocassette technology gave an opening to ordinary individuals, from singers to smugglers, to challenge state-controlled Egyptian media. Enabling an unprecedented number of people to participate in the creation of culture and circulation of content, cassette players and tapes soon informed broader cultural, political, and economic developments and defined "modern" Egyptian households. Drawing on a wide array of audio, visual, and textual sources that exist outside the Egyptian National Archives, Andrew Simon provides a new entry point into understanding everyday life and culture. Cassettes and cassette players, he demonstrates, did not simply join other twentieth century mass media, like records and radio; they were the media of the masses. Comprised of little more than magnetic reels in plastic cases, cassettes empowered cultural consumers to become cultural producers long before the advent of the Internet. Positioned at the productive crossroads of social history, cultural anthropology, and media and sound studies, Media of the Masses ultimately shows how the most ordinary things may yield the most surprising insights.
New Serial Titles
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1700
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1700
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A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Serials in the British Library
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Category : Serial publications
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Serial publications
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Contemporary Issues in Islam
Author: Asma Afsaruddin
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748695753
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This book deals with certain "e;hot-button"e; contemporary issues in Islam, including the Shari'a, jihad, the caliphate, women's status, and interfaith relations. Notably, it places the discussion of these topics within a longer historical framework in order
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748695753
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This book deals with certain "e;hot-button"e; contemporary issues in Islam, including the Shari'a, jihad, the caliphate, women's status, and interfaith relations. Notably, it places the discussion of these topics within a longer historical framework in order
Monographic Series
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
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Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Accessions List, Eastern Africa
Author: Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, Nairobi, Kenya
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Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Number 6 includes cumulative main and added entry index for the monographs listed in that year.
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Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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Number 6 includes cumulative main and added entry index for the monographs listed in that year.
Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Author: Muʼassasat al-Dirāsāt al-Filasṭīnīyah
Publisher: Beirut : Institute for Palestine Studies
ISBN:
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Publisher: Beirut : Institute for Palestine Studies
ISBN:
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description