Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics /
Colbert C. Held, Baylor University ; John Thomas Cummings, former USAID economist ; cartography by John V. Cotter.
- 6 ed.
- xxv, 700 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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.
9780813348773 (pbk.)
2013016715
Middle East. Middle East--Geography. Middle East--Social conditions. Middle East--Politics and government. Medio Oriente--Geografía. Medio Oriente--Condición social. Medio Oriente--Política y govierno.