British imperialism and 'the tribal question' : desert administration and nomadic societies in the Middle East, 1919-1936
This thesis examines the complex relationship between Bedouin communities and imperial rule on the desert frontiers of Egypt, Trans-Jordan and Iraq. As local British officials sought to develop new overland routes between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf they were drawn into new arrangemen...
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University of Oxford
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550534 |