Landholding And Commercial Agriculture In The Middle East

Author : Caglar Keyder,Ça?lar Keyder,Faruk Tabak
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791405508

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Landholding and Commercial Agriculture in the Middle East by Caglar Keyder,Ça?lar Keyder,Faruk Tabak Pdf

This book traces the evolution of Ottoman agriculture from commercialization of the rural peasant households into global networks of production and trade. It re-evaluates the significance attached to large-scale agricultural units as catalysts of this transformation, and assesses structures of authority and control invested in large landlords, local notables, and the rural producers. The essays in this volume offer different perspectives on the transformation of an important agrarian society in the Middle East.

Author : Cem Emrence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857720993

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Remapping the Ottoman Middle East by Cem Emrence Pdf

As a result of the formation of the modern Turkish state, nationalist narratives of the Ottoman Empire's collapse are commonplace. Remapping the Ottoman Middle East, on the other hand, examines alternative and disparate routes to modernity during the nineteenth century. Pursuing a comparison of different regions of the empire, this book demonstrates that the Ottoman imperial universe was shaped by three distinct and simultaneous narratives: market relations in its coastal areas; imperial bureaucracy in the cities of central Anatolia, Syria and Palestine; and Islamic trust networks in the frontier regions of the Arabian Peninsula. In weaving together these localized developments, Cem Emrence departs from narratives of state centralism and suggests that a comprehensive way of understanding the late Ottoman world and its legacy should start from exploring regionally-constituted and network-based historical trajectories. Introducing a persuasive new model for understanding the late Ottoman world, this book will be essential reading for historians of the Ottoman Empire.

Author : Marion Clawson,Hans H. Landsberg,Lyle Thomas Alexander
Publisher : Elsevier Publishing Company
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951001000692E

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The Agricultural Potential of the Middle East by Marion Clawson,Hans H. Landsberg,Lyle Thomas Alexander Pdf

Study of the development potential of agriculture in the Middle East - covers climate, natural resources, land utilization, water utilization, the agrarian structure, agricultural production and trade, the rural worker force, etc., includes sociological aspects and stresses the 'package' nature of development planning for social change and innovation. Maps, references and statistical tables.

Author : Adel Salman
Publisher : Professors World Peace Academy
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035107247

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Agriculture in the Middle East by Adel Salman Pdf

Produced by the Professors World Peace Academy, this collection of essays by Middle Eastern scholars and experts examines the problems of a vast, largely arid region where the demand for food far outstrips the productive capacity of the land. The essays are grouped within five sections: water resources, agricultural production, the food production-consumption gap, problems confronting agricultural production, and prospects and potentials for agriculture and food production. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Dean A. DeRosa
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Agricultural Trade and Rural Development in the Middle East and North Africa by Dean A. DeRosa Pdf

Author : Joel Beinin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001-09-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521629039

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Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East by Joel Beinin Pdf

Joel Beinin's book offers a survey of subaltern history in the Middle East.

Author : Marvin G. Weinbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317411666

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Food, Development, and Politics in the Middle East by Marvin G. Weinbaum Pdf

As the reality of a food deficit emerged in the Middle East, rural society and the agricultural sector – once viewed as peripheral to national development – swiftly rose up the policy agendas of nearly every Middle East country. This book, first published in 1982, looks at the complex interrelationships of food production, development schemes and politics in those countries. Dr Weinbaum considers the origins, nature, scope and political dimensions of the potential food shortfall and explores how food deficits could lead to changed international relations among states in the Middle East. He specifically examines the physical and technological limitations to increased food production, then assesses the major social, economic and political hurdles in the way of agricultural development, the effects of – and pressures for – agrarian reform, the bureaucratic policymaking process, and the domestic impact of foreign assistance policies. He concludes with an examination of the linkage between food supply availability and political stability.

Author : Ilham Khuri-Makdisi
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520280144

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The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism, 1860-1914 by Ilham Khuri-Makdisi Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Ilham Khuri-Makdisi establishes the existence of a special radical trajectory spanning four continents and linking Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria between 1860 and 1914. She shows that socialist and anarchist ideas were regularly discussed, disseminated, and reworked among intellectuals, workers, dramatists, Egyptians, Ottoman Syrians, ethnic Italians, Greeks, and many others in these cities. In situating the Middle East within the context of world history, Khuri-Makdisi challenges nationalist and elite narratives of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history as well as Eurocentric ideas about global radical movements. The book demonstrates that these radical trajectories played a fundamental role in shaping societies throughout the world and offers a powerful rethinking of Ottoman intellectual and social history.

Author : Linda T. Darling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136220180

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A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East by Linda T. Darling Pdf

From ancient Mesopotamia into the 20th century, "the Circle of Justice" as a concept has pervaded Middle Eastern political thought and underpinned the exercise of power in the Middle East. The Circle of Justice depicts graphically how a government’s justice toward the population generates political power, military strength, prosperity, and good administration. This book traces this set of relationships from its earliest appearance in the political writings of the Sumerians through four millennia of Middle Eastern culture. It explores how people conceptualized and acted upon this powerful insight, how they portrayed it in symbol, painting, and story, and how they transmitted it from one regime to the next. Moving towards the modern day, the author shows how, although the Circle of Justice was largely dropped from political discourse, it did not disappear from people’s political culture and expectations of government. The book demonstrates the Circle’s relevance to the Iranian Revolution and the rise of Islamist movements all over the Middle East, and suggests how the concept remains relevant in an age of capitalism. A "must read" for students, policymakers, and ordinary citizens, this book will be an important contribution to the areas of political history, political theory, Middle East studies and Orientalism.

Author : Jens Hanssen,Amal N. Ghazal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191652790

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The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African History by Jens Hanssen,Amal N. Ghazal Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Middle-Eastern and North African History critically examines the defining processes and structures of historical developments in North Africa and the Middle East over the past two centuries. The Handbook pays particular attention to countries that have leapt out of the political shadows of dominant and better-studied neighbours in the course of the unfolding uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. These dramatic and interconnected developments have exposed the dearth of informative analysis available in surveys and textbooks, particularly on Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria.

Author : H. Pınar Şenoğuz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429941368

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Community, Change and Border Towns by H. Pınar Şenoğuz Pdf

This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to power, inclusion/exclusion and hierarchy in a Turkish border town, with a focus on the impact of nation-state border on social stratification and change. Through the lens of ethnographic research and oral history, the book explores social mobility among various strata within the context of transition from Ottoman rule to the Republican regime, in order to reveal culturally informed strategies of border dwellers in coming to grips with new border contexts. It is suggested that the border perspective will move the social analysis beyond "methodological territorialism" and provide a theoretical framework that explores social change at the intersection of local, national and transnational processes. This book will appeal to readers interested in borders and circulations, social structure and power relations in border regions, as well as transnational shadow networks in the Turkish/Middle Eastern context. The book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of border anthropology, political and economic geography, studies of globalization and transnationalism, anthropology of illegality and Turkish and Middle Eastern studies. It will be a useful grounding for humanitarian professionals who are learning about the social and economic landscape of border towns.

Author : Beshara Doumani
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791487075

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Family History in the Middle East by Beshara Doumani Pdf

Despite the constant refrain that family is the most important social institution in Middle Eastern societies, only recently has it become the focus for rethinking the modern history of the Middle East. This book introduces exciting new findings by historians, anthropologists, and historical demographers that challenge pervasive assumptions about family made in the past. Using specific case studies based on original archival research and fieldwork, the contributors focus on the interplay between micro and macro processes of change and bridge the gap between materialist and discursive frameworks of analysis. They reveal the flexibility and dynamism of family life and show the complex juxtaposition of different rhythms of time (individual time, family time, historical time). These findings interface directly with and demonstrate the need for a critical reassessment of current debates on gender, modernity, and Islam.

Author : Beshara Doumani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0520917316

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Rediscovering Palestine by Beshara Doumani Pdf

Drawing on previously unused primary sources, this book paints an intimate and vivid portrait of Palestinian society on the eve of modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants, and Ottoman officials, Beshara Doumani offers a major revision of standard interpretations of Ottoman history by investigating the ways in which urban-rural dynamics in a provincial setting appropriated and gave meaning to the larger forces of Ottoman rule and European economic expansion. He traces the relationship between culture, politics, and economic change by looking at how merchant families constructed trade networks and cultivated political power, and by showing how peasants defined their identity and formulated their notions of justice and political authority. Original and accessible, this study challenges nationalist constructions of history and provides a context for understanding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It is also the first comprehensive work on the Nablus region, Palestine's trade, manufacturing, and agricultural heartland, and a bastion of local autonomy. Doumani rediscovers Palestine by writing the inhabitants of this ancient land into history.

Author : Fikret Adaman,Bengi Akbulut,Murat Arsel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786732095

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Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents by Fikret Adaman,Bengi Akbulut,Murat Arsel Pdf

The 'neoliberal' economic policy of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP Party, which has delivered extraordinary growth in Turkish GDP over the last decade, has been one of the foundations of the party's popular appeal. Here, a group of experts on Turkish political economy show how these policies have also had a detrimental impact on the environment, sustainability and the long-term health of the Turkish economy. Taking the two main sectors of growth during the past decade-energy and construction-as its primary focus, the book engages broadly with the political economy of inequality and sustainability in contemporary Turkey. Ultimately, the authors argue that 'environmental conflicts' in Turkey are not merely about the environment but intersect with contemporary politics of religion, ethnicity, gender, and class within the context of top-down, modernising economic development. Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents marks an important contribution to debates around the economic growth of Turkey and the future of the AKP's long-term economic plan.

Author : Peter Sluglett
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0815631944

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The Urban Social History of the Middle East, 1750-1950 by Peter Sluglett Pdf

The great cities of the Middle East and North Africa have long attracted the attention and interest of historians. With the discovery and wider use over the last few decades of Islamic court records and Ottoman administrative documents, our knowledge of Middle Eastern cities between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries has vastly expanded. Drawing upon a treasure trove of documents and using a variety of methodologies, the contributors succeed in providing a significant overview of the ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied, as well as an excellent introduction to current literature in the field.