LEADER 03236nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910789464103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0278-4 010 $a0-8078-6931-7 035 $a(CKB)3520000000000151 035 $a(EBL)775301 035 $a(OCoLC)754582758 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11334262 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10554320 035 $a(PQKB)10479251 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000244017 035 $a(OCoLC)867785908 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23430 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL775301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10502573 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC775301 035 $a(EXLCZ)993520000000000151 100 $a20110217d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImagining the Middle East$b[electronic resource] $ethe building of an American foreign policy, 1918-1967 /$fMatthew F. Jacobs 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (560 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1909-1 311 $a0-8078-3488-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe task -- falls to the area specialists : national interests, knowledge production, and the emergence of an informal network -- The all-pervading influence of the Muslim faith : the perils and promise of political Islam -- A new amalgam of interests, religion, propaganda, and mobs : interpretations of secular mass politics -- What modernization requires of the Arabs -- is their de-Arabization : imagining a transformed Middle East -- A profound and growing disturbance -- which may last for decades : the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the limits of the network. 330 $aAs its interests have become deeply tied to the Middle East, the United States has long sought to develop a usable understanding of the people, politics, and cultures of the region. In Imagining the Middle East, Matthew Jacobs illuminates how Americans' ideas and perspectives about the region have shaped, justified, and sustained U.S. cultural, economic, military, and political involvement there.Jacobs examines the ways in which an informal network of academic, business, government, and media specialists interpreted and shared their perceptions of the Middle East from the end of 606 $aIslam and politics$zMiddle East 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict. 676 $a327.7305609/041 700 $aJacobs$b Matthew F$0478721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789464103321 996 $aImagining the Middle East$9263370 997 $aUNINA LEADER 02270oas 2200901 a 450 001 9910799269703321 005 20251106213014.0 011 $a1613-3668 035 $a(DE-599)ZDB2033172-1 035 $a(DE-599)2033172-1 035 $a(OCoLC)565521883 035 $a(CONSER) 2011233800 035 $a(CKB)960238713352 035 $a(EXLCZ)99960238713352 100 $a20100321a19749999 sy a 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||||abp 135 $aurbn||||||ada 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aInternational journal of the sociology of language 210 $aBerlin, Germany $cDe Gruyter Mouton 300 $aRefereed/Peer-reviewed 300 $aMany issues have special themes and theme titles. 300 $aPrint published: The Hague : Mouton, 1974- ; Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1986-<2000> 311 08$a0165-2516 517 1 $aIJSL 531 0 $aInt. j. sociol. lang. 606 $aSociolinguistics$vPeriodicals 606 $aSociolinguistique$vPe?riodiques 606 $aSociolinguistics$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01123847 606 $aSoziolinguistik$2gnd 606 $aSociolingui?stiek$2gtt 608 $aPeriodicals.$2fast 615 0$aSociolinguistics 615 6$aSociolinguistique 615 7$aSociolinguistics. 615 7$aSoziolinguistik 615 17$aSociolingui?stiek. 676 $a401/.9 801 0$bOCLCE 801 1$bOCLCE 801 2$bSHS 801 2$bGEBAY 801 2$bAU@ 801 2$bQE2 801 2$bLRU 801 2$bF#A 801 2$bVRC 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bGUA 801 2$bOCL 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bGBVCP 801 2$bOCLCF 801 2$bDEBBG 801 2$bDLC 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bVT2 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bU3W 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCL 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bRDF 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bQGK 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bOCLCL 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bSRU 801 2$bUAB 801 2$bOCLCQ 906 $aJOURNAL 912 $a9910799269703321 996 $aInternational journal of the sociology of language$9649808 997 $aUNINA