This collection of essays, first published in 1958, presents analyses by some 34 specialists on key political and social trends in the Middle East. They take the reader through the history of the Middle East to help reveal the background behind the changes that took place in the middle of the twenti..
This collection of essays, first published in 1958, presents analyses by some 34 specialists on key political and social trends in the Middle East. They take the reader through the history of the Middle East to help reveal the background behind the changes that took place in the middle of the twenti..
This study of fundamental aspects of the oil decade examines the influence of oil production, export and revenues on domestic, regional and international relations...
This collection of essays covers economic issues of the Middle East during both the 19th and 20th centuries, ranging from the economics of the export of Turkish labour to Western Europe to the economy of Central Asia...
This unique work explores the administration of Iran under Mongol rule through taxation and monetary policy. It looks at history from a different angle and shows how monetary policy brought about changes to the state...
This book re-examines the issue of the Clash of Civilizations between Islam and the West through the concept of myth. Examining how such beliefs spread in both a Western and a Muslim context, the book argues that it has become a strong political tool...
This book re-examines the issue of the Clash of Civilizations between Islam and the West through the concept of myth. Examining how such beliefs spread in both a Western and a Muslim context, the book argues that it has become a strong political tool...
This book focuses on the relationship between the Egyptian village as a discursive construct and the novel genre as it emerged and developed in Egypt from the first decades of the century until its end...
The economy of Kuwait is dependent on oil. This future problem is aggravated by the unusually large proportion of skilled immigrant labour in the country. Dr Al-Sabah’s analysis of the economy of Kuwait, first published in 1980, puts forward suggestions that would remedy the problems of this dual de..