02764nam 2200541Ia 450 991034511630332120230721031713.01-282-64256-10-85771-456-2600-00-0938-01-4356-0374-5(CKB)1000000000477333(EBL)676569(OCoLC)710975481(SSID)ssj0000422490(PQKBManifestationID)11295931(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422490(PQKBWorkID)10432350(PQKB)10914464(MiAaPQ)EBC676569(EXLCZ)99100000000047733320060127d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe making of Jordan[electronic resource] tribes, colonialism and the modern state /Yoav AlonLondon I. B. Tauris20071 online resource (230 p.)Library of modern Middle East studies ;v. 61Description based upon print version of record.1-84511-138-9 Contents; Preface; Maps; Introduction: The Study of State, Tribe and Colonial Rule in Jordan; 1. Between Two Empires: Transjordan on the Eve of Abdullah's Arrival; 2. 'Bedu Amir' or Constitutional Monarch? The Struggle for the Nature of the Emirate, 1921-1924; 3. The Making of a Colonial State 1924-1930; 4. Colonialism as Fine Art: Glubb Pasha and the Desert Trbes, 1928-1936; 5. State Consolidation and Tribal Participation, 1930-1946; Conclusion: Towards an Appraisal of the Mandate's Legacy in Jordan; Glossary: Tribes and Shaykhs; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAt the beginning of the 20th Century Jordan, like much of the Middle East, was a loose collection of tribes. By the time of its independence in 1946, it had the most firmly embedded state structures in the Arab world. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Yoav Alon examines how the disparate clan networks of Jordan were integrated into the Hashemite monarchy, with the help of the British colonial administrators. Looking at the growth of key state institutions from a grassroots perspective, Alon shows how they co-opted the structures of tribal society, and produced a distinctive hybrid betweeLibrary of modern Middle East studies ;61.Nation-buildingJordanHistoryJordanPolitics and government20th centuryNation-buildingHistory.956.9504Alon Yoav1967-1372315MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910345116303321The making of Jordan3402578UNINA