The making of Jordan :: tribes, colonialism and the modern state /

At the beginning of the 20th Century Jordan, like much of the Middle East, was a loose collection of tribes. By the time of its independence in 1946, it had the most firmly embedded state structures in the Arab world. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Yoav Alon examines how the disparate clan...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Alon, Yoav
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : I.B. Tauris, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Library of modern Middle East studies ; 61.
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Zusammenfassung:At the beginning of the 20th Century Jordan, like much of the Middle East, was a loose collection of tribes. By the time of its independence in 1946, it had the most firmly embedded state structures in the Arab world. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Yoav Alon examines how the disparate clan networks of Jordan were integrated into the Hashemite monarchy, with the help of the British colonial administrators. Looking at the growth of key state institutions from a grassroots perspective, Alon shows how they co-opted the structures of tribal society, and produced a distinctive hybrid betwee.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-202) and index.
ISBN:9781435603745
1435603745
9780857714565
0857714562

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Volltext öffnen