The Middle East in the world : an introduction /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Volk, Lucia, Bertram, Carel, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., [2014]
Series:Foundations in global studies: the regional landscape
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the region / Lucia Volk
  • History and Politics of Middle East Studies / Lucia Volk
  • Introduction to Middle East History / Lucia Volk
  • Language in the Middle East / Lucia Volk
  • Religion in the Middle East / Lucia Volk
  • Globalization in the Middle East / Lucia Volk
  • Key Issues of Globalization in the Middle East / Lucia Volk
  • Introduction to the case studies / Lucia Volk
  • Diversity in the Medieval Middle East: inclusions, exclusions, supporters, and discontents / Rachel Goshgarian
  • Democracy, secularism, and Islam: examining the "Turkish Model" / Hootan Shambayati
  • A "Peace by Piece" Look at the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Maia Carter Hallward
  • The Green Movement and the struggle for human rights in Iran / Mahmood Monshipouri
  • State-society relations and protest in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq / Nicole Watts
  • Energy and geopolitics in the Gulf: mixing water and oil / Asli Ilgit
  • Central Asian cotton in a global perspective: Uzbekistan's monoculture and its impact on rural society / Russell Zanca
  • Images of place: the legacy of the Ottoman house in modern Turkey / Carel Bertram
  • Counterinsurgency and culture: the 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq / Rochelle Davis
  • Lebanese war diaries in the digital age: blogging about the home front during times of violence / Nadine Sinno
  • Language and identity in Tunisia: "Without Tunisian Arabic, We Are Not Tunisian" / Keith Walters.