The making of Jordan [[electronic resource] ] : tribes, colonialism and the modern state / / Yoav Alon

• Autore: Alon Yoav <1967->
• Pubblicazione: London, : I. B. Tauris, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.9504
• Soggetto topico: Nation-building - Jordan - History
• Soggetto geografico: Jordan Politics and government 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At 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 betwee
• Titolo autorizzato: The making of Jordan
• ISBN: 1-282-64256-1; 0-85771-456-2; 600-00-0938-0; 1-4356-0374-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910345116303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of modern Middle East studies ; ; 61.