The making of Jordan : tribes, colonialism and the modern state / Yoav Alon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alon, Yoav.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies ; 61.

Library of modern Middle East studies ; v. 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nation-building--Jordan--History.

Nation-building.

Jordan--Politics and government.

Jordan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

Paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the beginning of the 20th Century Jordan, like much of the Middle East, was a loose collection of tribes. By the time of its independence in 1946, it had the most firmly embedded state structures in the Arab world. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Yoav Alon examines how the disparate clan networks of Jordan were integrated into the Hashemite monarchy, with the help of the British colonial administrators. Looking at the growth of key state institutions from a grassroots perspective, Alon shows how they co-opted the structures of tribal society, and produced a distinctive hybrid betwee

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Maps; Introduction: The Study of State, Tribe and Colonial Rule in Jordan; 1. Between Two Empires: Transjordan on the Eve of Abdullah's Arrival; 2. 'Bedu Amir' or Constitutional Monarch? The Struggle for the Nature of the Emirate, 1921-1924; 3. The Making of a Colonial State 1924-1930; 4. Colonialism as Fine Art: Glubb Pasha and the Desert Trbes, 1928-1936; 5. State Consolidation and Tribal Participation, 1930-1946; Conclusion: Towards an Appraisal of the Mandate's Legacy in Jordan; Glossary: Tribes and Shaykhs; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-202) and index.

ISBN:

9781282642560

1282642561

9780857714565

0857714562

9786000009380

6000009380

9781435603745

1435603745

OCLC:

710975481