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Contending visions of the Middle East : the history and politics of Orientalism / Zachary Lockman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Middle East ; 3.Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxv, 316 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511691089
  • 0511691084
  • 9780511688850
  • 0511688857
  • 0511804342
  • 9780511804342
  • 051169220X
  • 9780511692208
  • 9786612653223
  • 6612653221
  • 0511689608
  • 9780511689604
  • 1282653229
  • 9781282653221
  • 0511690347
  • 9780511690341
  • 1107203120
  • 9781107203129
  • 0511849346
  • 9780511849343
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contending visions of the Middle East.DDC classification:
  • 956.0072/01821 22
LOC classification:
  • DS61.8 .L63 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
In the beginning -- Islam, the West and the rest -- Orientalism and empire -- The American century -- Turmoil in the field -- Said's Orientalism : a book and its aftermath -- After Orientalism?
Summary: "Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and U.S. Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'"--Provided by publisher.Summary: "Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and U.S. Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his analysis up to date by considering how the study of theMiddle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'. ZACHARY LOCKMAN teachesmodernMiddle Eastern history atNew York University. His previous publications include Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948 (1996). He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association, speaks and writes widely on current events in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, and is a contributing editor of Middle East Report. i"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) and index.

In the beginning -- Islam, the West and the rest -- Orientalism and empire -- The American century -- Turmoil in the field -- Said's Orientalism : a book and its aftermath -- After Orientalism?

"Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and U.S. Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'"--Provided by publisher.

"Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and U.S. Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his analysis up to date by considering how the study of theMiddle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'. ZACHARY LOCKMAN teachesmodernMiddle Eastern history atNew York University. His previous publications include Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948 (1996). He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association, speaks and writes widely on current events in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, and is a contributing editor of Middle East Report. i"--Provided by publisher.

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