Author: Michael Quentin Morton
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Oil lies at the heart of the modern history of the Middle East. For decades, the world’s largest oil reserves have enriched the region’s nations. But oil wealth has not brought with it universal prosperity. It has, though, transformed the Middle Eastern people and societies—enriching empires and engendering anarchies. Empires and Anarchies is an unconventional history of oil in the Middle East. In Michael Quentin Morton’s account the burnt-out remains of Saddam Hussein’s armaments and the human tragedy of the Arab Spring are as much of the story as the shimmering skylines of oil-rich nations. From the first explorers trudging through the desert to the excesses of the Peacock Throne and the high stakes of OPEC, Morton lays out the history of oil in compelling detail, arguing that oil simultaneously enriched and fractured the Middle East, eroding traditional ways of life, and eventually contributing to the rise of Islamic radicalism. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the promises and peril of the world’s oil boom.
Empires and Anarchies
Author: Michael Quentin Morton
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Oil lies at the heart of the modern history of the Middle East. For decades, the world’s largest oil reserves have enriched the region’s nations. But oil wealth has not brought with it universal prosperity. It has, though, transformed the Middle Eastern people and societies—enriching empires and engendering anarchies. Empires and Anarchies is an unconventional history of oil in the Middle East. In Michael Quentin Morton’s account the burnt-out remains of Saddam Hussein’s armaments and the human tragedy of the Arab Spring are as much of the story as the shimmering skylines of oil-rich nations. From the first explorers trudging through the desert to the excesses of the Peacock Throne and the high stakes of OPEC, Morton lays out the history of oil in compelling detail, arguing that oil simultaneously enriched and fractured the Middle East, eroding traditional ways of life, and eventually contributing to the rise of Islamic radicalism. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the promises and peril of the world’s oil boom.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Oil lies at the heart of the modern history of the Middle East. For decades, the world’s largest oil reserves have enriched the region’s nations. But oil wealth has not brought with it universal prosperity. It has, though, transformed the Middle Eastern people and societies—enriching empires and engendering anarchies. Empires and Anarchies is an unconventional history of oil in the Middle East. In Michael Quentin Morton’s account the burnt-out remains of Saddam Hussein’s armaments and the human tragedy of the Arab Spring are as much of the story as the shimmering skylines of oil-rich nations. From the first explorers trudging through the desert to the excesses of the Peacock Throne and the high stakes of OPEC, Morton lays out the history of oil in compelling detail, arguing that oil simultaneously enriched and fractured the Middle East, eroding traditional ways of life, and eventually contributing to the rise of Islamic radicalism. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the promises and peril of the world’s oil boom.
Middle East Bibliography
Author: Sanford R. Silverburg
Publisher: Scarecrow Area Bibliographies
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Middle East Bibliography contains over 4,400 entries of books, most of which have been published after 1980, giving this volume a definite contemporary flavor. The materials are, for the most part, English-language but include many entries in other Western European languages, such as French and German, and fewer in the Middle East languages of Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish. There was a special effort to be as inclusive as possible on popular topics such as the Salman Rushdie affair and women in the Arab world. This bibliography was compiled with the aim of providing diverse topics of interest dealing with the region in the Middle East, its people, and its cultures to a wide range of interested people, scholars to laypeople.
Publisher: Scarecrow Area Bibliographies
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Middle East Bibliography contains over 4,400 entries of books, most of which have been published after 1980, giving this volume a definite contemporary flavor. The materials are, for the most part, English-language but include many entries in other Western European languages, such as French and German, and fewer in the Middle East languages of Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish. There was a special effort to be as inclusive as possible on popular topics such as the Salman Rushdie affair and women in the Arab world. This bibliography was compiled with the aim of providing diverse topics of interest dealing with the region in the Middle East, its people, and its cultures to a wide range of interested people, scholars to laypeople.
The Middle East
Author: Harry Nicholas Howard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Middle East in Conflict
Author: ABC-Clio Information Services
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio Information Services
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio Information Services
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
United States Foreign Policy and the Middle East/North Africa
Author: Sanford R. Silverburg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317417445
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
This bibliography, first published in 1990, is a result of a quarter-century professional and personal relationship between two academics interested in Middle East studies. The comprehensive bibliography consists of western, primarily English, language sources published through 1988 and early 1989 concerning foreign policy toward the Middle East and North Africa during the twentieth century. Included are materials that deal directly with the topic, material that has appeared in published form, ie books, monographs, essays and articles. Also included are some non-published items, most importantly American and British doctoral dissertations and master’s theses.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317417445
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
This bibliography, first published in 1990, is a result of a quarter-century professional and personal relationship between two academics interested in Middle East studies. The comprehensive bibliography consists of western, primarily English, language sources published through 1988 and early 1989 concerning foreign policy toward the Middle East and North Africa during the twentieth century. Included are materials that deal directly with the topic, material that has appeared in published form, ie books, monographs, essays and articles. Also included are some non-published items, most importantly American and British doctoral dissertations and master’s theses.
Middle East and North Africa
Author: Harry Nicholas Howard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Women in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: Ayad Al-Qazzaz
Publisher: Austin : Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
An annotated bibliography of women in the Middle Easy and North Africa.
Publisher: Austin : Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
An annotated bibliography of women in the Middle Easy and North Africa.
Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Near and Middle East
The Middle East
Author: Harry Nicholas Howard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
The Middle East
Author: Harry Nicholas Howard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description