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Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held, Baylor University ; John Thomas Cummings, former USAID economist ; cartography by John V. Cotter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014Edition: 6 edDescription: xxv, 700 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780813348773 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 915.6
LOC classification:
  • 439 DS 44 H474m 2014
Contents:
List of maps, illustrations, and tables -- Preface and acknowledgments to the sixth edition -- A note on transliteration -- Part one. Physical and cultural geography: 1. Tricontinental junction: an introduction; 2. The face of the earth; 3. Patterns of time: historical-geographical foundations; 4. Patterns of peoples, cultures, and settlements: a demographic overview; 5. The desert and the sown: land use; 6. Riches beneath the earth; 7. Manufacturing and transportation; 8. The earth and the state: geopolitics; 9. The earth and the state: conflicts on the ground -- Part two. Regional geography: 10. Syria: Middle East heartland; 11. Lebanon and Cyprus: a mountain and an island; 12. Jordan: the land beyond and between; 13. Israel and Palestine: one land, two polities; 14. Iraq: modern Mesopotamia; 15. Saudi Arabia: development in the desert; 16. Three city states along the Gulf; 17. The Horn of Arabia; 18. Yemen: Arabia felix; 19. Egypt: a river and a people; 20. Turkey: bridgeland in Anatolia; 21. Iran: complex republic on the plateau -- Glossary -- Geological time chart -- Partial bibliography.
Summary: Continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative geographical study of the Middle East.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 439 DS 44 H474m 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000117348

Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-684) and index.

List of maps, illustrations, and tables -- Preface and acknowledgments to the sixth edition -- A note on transliteration -- Part one. Physical and cultural geography: 1. Tricontinental junction: an introduction; 2. The face of the earth; 3. Patterns of time: historical-geographical foundations; 4. Patterns of peoples, cultures, and settlements: a demographic overview; 5. The desert and the sown: land use; 6. Riches beneath the earth; 7. Manufacturing and transportation; 8. The earth and the state: geopolitics; 9. The earth and the state: conflicts on the ground -- Part two. Regional geography: 10. Syria: Middle East heartland; 11. Lebanon and Cyprus: a mountain and an island; 12. Jordan: the land beyond and between; 13. Israel and Palestine: one land, two polities; 14. Iraq: modern Mesopotamia; 15. Saudi Arabia: development in the desert; 16. Three city states along the Gulf; 17. The Horn of Arabia; 18. Yemen: Arabia felix; 19. Egypt: a river and a people; 20. Turkey: bridgeland in Anatolia; 21. Iran: complex republic on the plateau -- Glossary -- Geological time chart -- Partial bibliography.

Continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative geographical study of the Middle East.

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