Middle East Patterns, Economy Edition : Places, People, and Politics （6 NEW STU）

Held, Colbert/ Cummings, John Thomas

Taylor & Francis（2019/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 728 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367319984
• DDC分類 320

Full Description

This book covers the Middle East from a topical or systematic perspective focusing on the states of the Gulf and southern Arabian Peninsula. It includes the dramatic developments in the Arab world across North Africa and in the heart of the Middle East since late 2010 termed as the "Arab Spring.".

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments to the Sixth Edition -- A Note on Transliteration -- Physical and Cultural Geography -- Tricontinental Junction -- The Face of the Earth -- Patterns of Time -- Patterns of Peoples, Cultures, and Settlements -- The Desert and the Sown -- Riches Beneath the Earth -- Manufacturing and Transportation -- The Earth and the State -- The Earth and the State -- Regional Geography -- Syria -- Lebanon and Cyprus -- Jordan -- Israel and Palestine -- Iraq -- Saudi Arabia -- Three City States Along the Gulf -- The Horn of Arabia -- Yemen -- Egypt -- Turkey -- Iran -- Geological Time Chart