The colonial present : Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq / Derek Gregory.
The colonial present : Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq / Derek Gregory.
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Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Date
2004.
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N327.73056/ 26
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English
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Physical content
xix, 367 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The colonial present -- 2. Architectures of enmity -- 3. "The land where red tulips grew" -- 4. "Civilization" and "barbarism" -- 5. Barbed boundaries -- 6. Defiled cities -- 7. The tyranny of strangers -- 8. Boundless war -- 9. Gravity's rainbows.
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Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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"In this critique of the "war on terror" in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq, Derek Gregory traces the long history of British and American involvements in the Middle East. He argues that the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 activated a series of political and cultural responses that mapped a profoundly colonial pe...
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The colonial present : Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq / Derek Gregory.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-357) and index.
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N327.73056/ 26
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74VvEDWkqKRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEDWkqKRb
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ISBN
1577180909 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781577180890 (hard cover : alk. paper)
1577180895 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9781577180906 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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327.73056090511
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991011527869702626
