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Title Mid-East : world-center, yesterday, today, and tomorrow / planned and edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen ; prepared with the collaboration of Ernest Jackh.

Publication Info. New York : Harper, 1956.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  DS42.4 .A7    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiii, 386 pages ; 25 cm.
Series Science of culture series ; v. 7
Science of culture series ; v. 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents West emerging from East / Ruth Nanda Anshen -- Ancient near East: Cradle of history / E. A. Speiser -- Judaeo-Christian heritage / Jack Finegan -- World-center of Islam / Edwin E. Calverley -- The desert and the land / Carleton S. Coon -- Mid-land, mid-sea, mid-air / Ernest Jackh -- World-center of oil / Haarold B. Hoskins -- Political institutions / George Lenczowski -- Economic and social conditions / Charles Issawi -- Woman / Nabia Abbott -- Education / Taha Hussein -- From religious to national law / Majid Khadduri -- Language / Louis Massignon -- Art / Mehmet Aga-Oglu -- Science / George Sarton -- Nationalism and imperialism / Hans Kohn -- Communism and Islam / Bernard Lewis -- The example of Turkey / Ernest Jackh -- The phenomenon of Israel / Samuel Hugo Bergman -- West returning East / Ruth Nanda Anshen --
Subject Middle East.
Middle East.
Middle East Region.
Added Author Anshen, Ruth Nanda.