Shifting sands : essays on sports and politics in the Middle East and North Africa / James M. Dorsey...
Shifting sands : essays on sports and politics in the Middle East and North Africa / James M. Dorsey...
Shifting sands : essays on sports and politics in the Middle East and North Africa / James M. Dorsey.
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Publisher
Singapore; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]
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G 2018/1368
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English
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Physical content
xii, 411 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Soccer -- a key player in regional development -- Soccer : moulding the Middle East and North Africa -- Constructing national identity : the muscular Jew vs the Palestinian underdog -- The new Turk -- Soccer threads itself through Algerian history -- Soccer pitches : a Middle Eastern and North Afric...
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Publisher
Singapore; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
The Middle East and North Africa are experiencing the most fundamental transition in their post-colonial history. It is a transition that is changing the borders of nation states as well as their political and social structures. Conflicting visions of what those structures should look like have ensured that transition will take years, and these dee...
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Shifting sands : essays on sports and politics in the Middle East and North Africa / James M. Dorsey.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/1368
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74VKVNA0A0Zg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNA0A0Zg
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ISBN
9814689769 hardcover
9789814689762 hardcover
DDC
306.48309174927
MMS ID
991024161961202626
