A History of Jordan / Philip Robins.
A History of Jordan / Philip Robins.
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Publisher
Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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G 2013/5184
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. On the Edge of Empire -- 2. Founding State and Regime -- 3. The Long Road to Independence -- 4. Loss of Innocence -- 5. The Roaring Fifties -- 6. The Road to Disaster -- 7. Illusions of Progress -- 8. Hussein's Choices -- 9. Abdullah's First Steps.
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Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
In the 1970s and 1980s the country emerged as an apparently stable and prosperous state. However, King Hussein's death, the succession of his son, Abdullah II, and the recent upheavals in the region have plunged the country back into uncertainty. This is an incisive account, compellingly told, about one of the most important countries in the Middle...
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A History of Jordan / Philip Robins.
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Includes Index.
Bibliography : p. 224-232.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N956.9504/6.
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G 2013/5184
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74VvlDzNqKVA
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0521598958 (pbk.) :
9780521591171
0521591171
9780521598958 (pbk.)
0521598958 (pbk.)
9780521591171 (hbk.)
0521591171 (hbk.)
9780521591171 (cased) :
0521591171 (cased) :
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956.9504
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991017273539702626
