| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia,
1385-3376 ;
v. 75
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Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 75.
1385-3376
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Abbreviations; List of Tables; Introduction; Chapter One: Ottoman and Local Conceptualizations of Land; Chapter Two: Land in the Wake of Ottoman Policies; Chapter Three: Land in the Early Years of the Emirate; Chapter Four: The British Land Program; Chapter Five: Results of the Land Program; Chapter Six: Land Policy, Socio-Economic Structures, and Politics; Chapter Seven: Land and the Conceptualization of Jordan; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations. |
| Summary |
Examines how state and society conceptualized land ownership in Jordan from the late Ottoman era through the 1950s, and how the resulting interaction between them shaped the socio-economic and political contours of modern Jordan. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Jordan -- History -- 19th century.
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Land tenure. |
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Jordan. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Jordan -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Land use -- Jordan -- History -- 19th century.
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Land use. |
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Land use -- Jordan -- History -- 20th century.
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Land value taxation -- History -- 19th century.
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Land value taxation. |
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Land value taxation -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fischbach, Michael R. State, society, and land in Jordan. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000 9004119124 (DLC) 00037934 (OCoLC)43836580 |
| ISBN |
1417536802 (electronic book) |
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9781417536801 (electronic book) |
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9047400623 |
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9789047400622 |
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9004119124 (alkaline paper ; hardcover) |
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9789004119123 (alkaline paper ; hardcover) |
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