Village, Steppe and State
The Social Origins of Modern Jordan
Village, Steppe and State
The Social Origins of Modern Jordan
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Description
The contributors to this text on the origins of modern Jordan have based their approach on original fieldwork and archives in Jordan and avoid viewing the Jordanian state in the context of British imperial policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Table of Contents
State and settlement strategies in southern Transjordan across the Islamic centuries, Jeremy Johns; bringing the state back - the limits of Ottoman rule in Transjordan, 1850-1918, Eugene Rogan; village land and individual title - Musha' and Ottoman land registration in the 'Ajlun district, Martha Munday; British land policy, Michael Fischbach; the state in the steppe - policy towards the Transjordanian Bedouin, 1923-1939, Riccardo Bocco and Tariq Tell; infrastructural development in Transjordan under British mandate, Vartan Amadouni; the Circassians in Transjordan, 1878-1950, Setency Shami; the history of the merchant class in Transjordan, Abla Amawi; the founding of the Muslim brothers in Jordan, 1945-1951, Marion Boulby.
Product details
| Published | 31 Dec 1994 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 235 |
| ISBN | 9781850438298 |
| Imprint | British Academic Press |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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