| Description |
xix, 260 pages : map ; 24 cm |
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4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Understanding the Mandate in Iraq -- The Mandate system, the end of imperialism, and the birth of the Iraqui state -- Corruption, fragmentation, and despotism: British visions of Ottoman Iraq -- Rural and urban: the divided social imagination of late colonialism -- Using the shaikhs: the rational imposition of a romantic figure -- The social meaning of land: state, shaikh, and peasant -- The imposition of order: social perception and the "despotic" power of airplanes -- Conclusion: Iraq's past and possible Iraqi futures |
| Summary |
"Toby Dodge uncovers a series of shocking parallels between the policies of a declining British Empire and those of the current U.S. administration. Examining the construction by the modern state of Iraq (1920-1932) under the auspices of the British Empire, Dodge analyzes the first attempt by a Western power to remake Mesopotamia in its own image."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-247) and index |
| Notes |
System requirements for disc: IBM PC or compatible; CD-ROM drive |
| Subject |
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Nation-state.
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Sovereignty.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071
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Iraq -- History -- 1921- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067948
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Iraq -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93003205 -- Great Britain.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
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Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Iraq.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79077342
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| Author |
Owen, John.
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| LC no. |
2003051453 |
| ISBN |
0231131666 cloth alkaline paper |
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