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White women captives in North Africa : narratives of enslavement, 1735-1830
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ISBN: 9780230221987 9780230294493 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York ; Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan

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A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa.


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Beyond Islam : a new understanding of the Middle East
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ISBN: 9781848850699 1848850697 1848850700 9781848850705 Year: 2011 Volume: 84 Publisher: London: Tauris Academis Studies,

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No War for Oil : U.S. Dependency and the Middle East
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ISBN: 1598130463 1598130544 1598130633 Year: 2011 Publisher: Chicago : Independent Institute,

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Debunking numerous myths that have emerged about the world's resources of oil, this book argues that the use of U.S. military power to secure oil is not only needless and costly-in both lives and money-but also counterproductive to U.S. security. Intended to make government, the media, and citizens think more rationally about oil and the use of military power to secure it, this account suggests that the free market is still the best vehicle to deliver the product most efficiently from producer to consumer and that a withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Persian Gulf would be beneficial in the con


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La révolution arabe : dix leçons sur le soulèvement démocratique
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ISBN: 9782213666013 2213666016 Year: 2011 Publisher: Paris: Fayard,

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Depuis la chute des présidents Ben Ali et Moubarak, pas un pays arabe n’est épargné par un vent de contestation qui, à défaut d’être irrésistible, laissera partout des traces irréversibles. Ce livre représente la première tentative d’interprétation de ce bouleversement historique et s’efforce d’en tirer dès maintenant un certain nombre de leçons, qui battent en brèche bien des idées reçues. Non, l’islam n’est pas le facteur systématique d’explication des comportements politiques. Oui, la jeunesse est en première ligne, elle conteste à tous les niveaux le système patriarcal. Non, l’alternative à la démocratie n’est plus la dictature, c’est le chaos, un chaos déchaîné par les nervis des régimes autoritaires et iniques. Oui, on peut gagner sans chef. La rupture est radicale avec toute une culture du leader charismatique, alors que s’affirme une forme très avancée d’autodiscipline citoyenne. Non, il n’y aura pas d’effet domino, ni d’entraînement mécanique d’un pays à l’autre. Dans chaque pays, cette Révolution arabe se déclinera à chaque fois dans le cadre de l’État moderne et des frontières postcoloniales, les régimes ayant le choix entre la réforme substantielle ou la violence suicidaire. Nous ne sommes qu’au début d’une seconde renaissance qui, en écho à la Nahda du XIXe siècle (menée, déjà, par la Tunisie et l’Égypte), cherche à renouer avec les promesses des Lumières arabes.


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A line in the sand : Britain, France and the struggle for the mastery of the Middle East
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ISBN: 9781847394576 9781847374530 1847374530 1847394574 Year: 2011 Publisher: London: Simon and Schuster,


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Guess who's coming to dinner : feasting rituals in the prehistoric societies of Europe and the near East
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ISBN: 9781842179857 1842179853 Year: 2011 Publisher: Oxford: Oxbow books,


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The Arab revolution : ten lessons from the democratic uprising
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ISBN: 9781849041591 1849041598 Year: 2011 Publisher: London: Hurst and company,

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Social change --- Northern Africa --- Middle East --- Arab Spring, 2010 --- -Democratization --- Democratization --- Protest movements --- Islam and politics --- Printemps arabe, 2010 --- -Démocratisation --- Démocratisation --- Contestation --- Islam et politique --- History --- Histoire --- Arab countries --- Etats arabes --- Moyen-Orient --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Democracy --- -Protest movements --- 956 --- Social movements --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- -History --- -Arab countries --- -Middle East --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- Orient --- Arab world --- Arabic countries --- Arabic-speaking states --- Islamic countries --- -Politics and government --- -Social change --- North Africa --- -Arab Spring, 2010 --- -Démocratisation --- Démocratisation --- Asia, West --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Democratization - Arab countries --- Democratization - Middle East --- Democracy - Arab countries --- Democracy - Middle East --- Protest movements - Arab countries - History - 21st century --- Protest movements - Middle East - History - 21st century --- Arab countries - Politics and government - 21st century --- Middle East - Politics and government - 21st century

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