TY  - BOOK
AU  - Held,Colbert C.
AU  - Cummings,John Thomas
AU  - Cotter,John V.
TI  - Middle East patterns: places, peoples, and politics 
SN  - 9780813348773 (pbk.)
AV  - 439 DS 44 H474m 2014
U1  - 915.6 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boulder, Colorado
PB  - Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Geography
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Medio Oriente
KW  - Geografía
KW  - Condición social
KW  - Política y govierno
N1  - 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
N2  - Continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative geographical study of the Middle East
ER  -