Middle East Studies

Following the very successful Ethiopia Engraved, an illustrated book of engravings by foreign travellers from 1681 to 1900, Ethiopia Photographed covers the period from the inception of photography in the country up to the Italian Fascist invasion in 1936. The people, terrain, buildings and rulers o..

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Offering an analysis on contemporary Israeli democracy, this book examines in particular society and politics from the perspectives of the different ethnic groups outside of the Ashkenazi mainstream...

Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey attempts to understand the mobilization strategies of incumbent parties to consolidate and increase their support among swing voters of an ethnic group. By analyzing the strategy of AKP on voters of Kurdish origin, it investigates the conditions under which it can m..

Exploration usually demands the qualities of bravery, curiosity and organising ability. Arabia demanded more of the voyager: linguistic ability of a high order, scholarship and an imaginative temperament. It was also necessary to be able to pass as a native, if not of Arabia then of part of the Isla..

Exploration usually demands the qualities of bravery, curiosity and organising ability. Arabia demanded more of the voyager: linguistic ability of a high order, scholarship and an imaginative temperament. It was also necessary to be able to pass as a native, if not of Arabia then of part of the Isla..

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book examines, in comparative perspective, the different ideals about family and society and how they have impacted on real family life across a number of countries in the Middle East...

This book examines, in comparative perspective, the different ideals about family and society and how they have impacted on real family life across a number of countries in the Middle East...

Providing a much-needed source of reference and examining how the Islamic view of marriage, family formation and child rearing has developed over the centuries, this book is a comprehensive and ground-breaking work in the field...

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This volume deals with the history of the "common people" in the Middle East. It investigates some of the characteristic traits of the structure and development of urban and rural society in pre-modern and modern Middle Eastern history...