Middle East Patterns
Places, People, and Politics
6th Edition
Published on 4. May 2018
728 pages
978-0-429-96200-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers the Middle East from a topical or systematic perspective focusing on the states of the Gulf and southern Arabian Peninsula. It includes the dramatic developments in the Arab world across North Africa and in the heart of the Middle East since late 2010 termed as the "Arab Spring.".
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
56,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-429-96200-4 (9780429962004)
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Persons
Held, Colbert C. | Cummings, John Thomas
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Sixth Edition -- A Note on Transliteration -- Physical and Cultural Geography -- Tricontinental Junction: An Introduction -- The Face of the Earth -- Patterns of Time Historical-Geographical Foundations -- Patterns of Peoples, Cultures, and Settlements: A Demographic Overview -- The Desert and the Sown: Land Use -- Riches Beneath the Earth -- Manufacturing And Transportation -- The Earth And State: Geopolitics -- The Earth And The State: Conflicts on the ground -- Regional Geography -- Manufacturing and Transportation: Middle East Heartland -- Lebanon And Cyprus: A Mountain And An Island -- Lebanon And Cyprus: The Land Beyond And Between -- Israel And Palestine: One Land, Two Polities -- Iraq: Modern Mesopotamia -- Saudi Arabia -- Three City States Along the Gulf -- The Horn of Arabia -- Yemen Arabia Felix -- Egypt A River And A People -- Turkey Bridgeland in Anatolia -- Iran: Complex Republic on the Plateau -- Partial Bibliography
