Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism (The Contemporary Middle East, Series Number 3) - Softcover

Lockman, Zachary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521133076 ISBN 13: 9780521133074

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and US Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the US occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'.

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Book Description:

The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his original analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the US occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'.

About the Author:

Zachary Lockman teaches modern Middle Eastern history at New York University. His previous publications include Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948 (1996). He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association, speaks and writes widely on current events in the Middle East and US foreign policy, and is a contributing editor of Middle East Report.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521133076
• ISBN 13: 9780521133074
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344