Britain and the politics of modernization in the Middle East, 1945-1958 / Paul W.T. Kingston
1996, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #385742
ISBN: 0521563461
Physical description; 191 pp. Contents; 1. Britain, peasants, and pashas: debating approaches to modernization in the powstar Middle East -- 2. Imperial dreams and delusions: the economics of promoting Middle East modernization -- 3. The British East Office and the abandonment of imperial approaches to modernization -- 4. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Iran, 1945 to 1951 -- 5. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Iraq, 1945 to 1958 -- 6. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Jordan, 1951 to 1958 -- Conclusion: 'hastening slowly'. Subjects; Economic assistance, British Middle East. Rural development. International economic relations.
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