| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 138 pages) |
| Note |
"This atlas was originally published in French in 2012 by Presses de l'universite Paris-Sorbonne." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The Atlas of the Near East offers an in-depth examination of the economic, social, and demographic dynamics of the Arab Near East, defined here as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine, in the period from 1918 to 2010. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Menacing Aridity -- Between the Mediterranean and the Desert -- "Levantine" and "Syrian" Climates -- Overexploited Water Resources -- The Deterioration of the Environment -- Foreign Domination -- The Ottoman Empire: An Apparent Modernity -- Communitarianism -- European Imperialisms -- The Franco-British Partition -- The State of Greater Lebanon -- Mandatory Palestine -- Ephemeral States -- National Constructs -- Arab Nationalism and the Struggle against Communitarianism -- Reorganisation of the Transportation Network after Independence -- The Administrative Network in the Service of Centralisation -- Syrian Nation-Building and Baʿathism -- Lebanon: The Triumph of Laissez-Faire and Communitarianism -- Jordan: An Arabian Monarchy -- Population and Development -- A Dense and Urbanised Population -- Uncontrolled Population Growth -- An Educated Population -- The Increasing Participation of Women in the Economy -- Waves of Refugees -- Demographic Issues and Nation-Building -- A Fragile Economy -- Commerce, Family-Owned Businesses, and the Fear of the State -- A Threatened Farming Sector -- An Industry Victimised by Bureaucracy and East Asia -- Uncertain Tourism -- The Energy Challenge -- Hydrocarbons Bypassing the Near East -- The Marginalisation of the Levantine Coastline in the Near East -- A Growing Dependence on the Petro-Monarchies of the Gulf -- The Urban Archipelago of the Near East -- An Urban Network Dominated by Four Metropolises -- Damascus Devours its Gardens -- Amman, Capital of an Emirate Without Oil -- Beirut, A Shattered City -- Aleppo, A City Reactivated by an Open Economy -- Palestine Partitioned -- Territories and Populations -- High Densities and Urbanisation -- The Demographic Battle -- An Aided and Controlled Economy -- Unemployment and Poverty -- The Service Sector Domination of Employment -- The Partition of Palestine 1936-49 -- The Partition of the Occupied Territories -- Jewish Colonisation -- The Judaisation of Jerusalem -- The Geopolitics of the Near East -- The Arab-Israeli Conflict: From One Cold War to Another -- Water and the Arab-Israeli Conflict -- The Golan Heights or the Alsace-Lorraine of Syria -- The American Strategy -- Lebanon: A Buffer State -- Turkey's Resurgence -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict -- History -- Maps.
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Arab countries -- Maps.
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REFERENCE -- Atlases & Gazetteers. |
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TRAVEL -- Maps & Road Atlases. |
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Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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Arab countries. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Atlases.
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History.
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Maps.
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Atlases.
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| Added Title |
Atlas du Proche-Orient arabe. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Balanche, Fabrice. Atlas du Proche-Orient arabe. English. Atlas of the Near East. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 (DLC) 2017013280 |
| ISBN |
9789004345188 (electronic bk.) |
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9004345183 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004344297 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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9004344292 |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004345188 |
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