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" The making of Jordan : "
Yoav Alon.
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BL
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1041710
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b796080
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| Main Entry
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Alon, Yoav.
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The making of Jordan : : tribes, colonialism and the modern state /\ Yoav Alon.
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London :: I.B. Tauris,, 2007.
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Library of modern Middle East studies ;; 61
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1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages) :: illustrations
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0857714562
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: 1435603745
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: 9780857714565
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: 9781435603745
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1845111389
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9781845111380
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-202) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the study of state, tribe and colonial rule in Jordan -- Between two empires : transjordan on the eve of Abdullah's arrival -- 'Bedu Amir' or constitutional monarch? : the struggle for the nature of the emirate, 1921-1924 -- The making of a colonial state, 1924-1930 -- Colonialism as a fine art : Glubb Pasha and the desert tribes, 1928-1936 -- State consolidation and tribal participation, 1930-1946 -- Conclusion : towards a appraisal of the mandate's legacy in Jordan.
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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.
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Nation-building-- Jordan-- History.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
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HISTORY-- General.
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Nation-building.
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Politics and government
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Jordan, Politics and government, 20th century.
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Jordan.
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Jordanië.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.9504
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DS154.5.E45 2007eb
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15.75bcl
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