British imperialism and 'the tribal question' : desert administration and nomadic societies in the Middle East, 1919-1936 /
Robert S.G. Fletcher reconstructs the history of Britain's presence in the deserts of the interwar Middle East, making the case for its significance to scholars of imperialism and of the region's past. He tells the story of what happened when the British Empire and Bedouin communities met...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Robert S.G. Fletcher reconstructs the history of Britain's presence in the deserts of the interwar Middle East, making the case for its significance to scholars of imperialism and of the region's past. He tells the story of what happened when the British Empire and Bedouin communities met on the desert frontiers between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, and traces the workings of the resulting practices of 'desert administration', from their origins in the wake of one World War to their eclipse after the next. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191045554 0191045551 9780191796210 0191796212 |