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This book provides an in-depth and historical analysis of the historical and empirical evidence of the perception that the 2003 Iraq war's rationale was fundamentally economic.

Economic structure --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Economic sociology --- United States --- Petroleum reserves --- Petroleum industry and trade --- Government policy --- Oil reserves --- Oil supply --- Petroleum --- Petroleum supply --- Reserves of petroleum --- Reserves --- Petroleum reserves - Iraq --- Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - United States --- United States of America

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Between July 1920 and February 1921, in the territory known as Mesopotamia--now the modern state of Iraq--an Arab uprising came perilously close to inflicting a shattering defeat upon the British Empire. A huge peasant army led by Shi'i clerics, Baghdad notables, disaffected sheikhs and former Ottoman army officers surrounded and besieged British garrisons with sandbagged entrenchments; British columns and armoured trains were ambushed and destroyed; and well-armed British gunboats were sunk or captured. The quest for oil was central to Britain's Middle East policy during the First World War and was one of the principal reasons for its continuing occupation of Iraq. However, with around 131,000 Arabs in arms at one stage of the conflict, the British were very nearly driven out. Only a massive infusion of Indian troops and the widespread use of aircraft prevented a total rout. This book is the history of the first British occupation of Iraq and the revolt against it in 1920--the most serious armed uprising against British rule int eh twentieth century. Using a wealth of primary sources, author Ian Rutledge brings central players such as Winston Churchill, Arnold Wilson, T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell and Sit Mark Sykes vividly to life in this gripping account.

World War, 1914-1918 --- #SBIB:95G --- Campaigns --- Geschiedenis van Azië (inclusief Arabische wereld, Nabije Oosten) --- Revolt (Iraq : 1920) --- World War (1914-1918) --- Iraq --- History

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There has been considerable controversy amongst social and economic historians, anthropologists, economists, sociologists, political scientists and other specialists concerning the nature and structure of Latin American agrarian society. An increasing number of studies have come to challenge the traditionally accepted view that the backwardness of rural Latin America and its resistance to 'modernisation' are due to the persistence of feudal or non-feudal forms of social and economic organisation. Instead attention has shifted to an examination of the social and economic dislocations resulting from attempts to impose capitalist forms of agrarian enterprise on peasant or pre-capitalist societies. This book of essays by an international group of scholars represents a substantial empirical contribution to the ongoing debate. This book will be of interest not only to specialists in the field, but also to anyone wishing to understand the historical processes underlying contemporary Latin America's complex land tenure and rural employment problems.

Haciendas --- Agricultural laborers --- Latin America --- Rural conditions --- -Haciendas --- -Estancias --- Fazendas --- Fundos --- Farms --- Land tenure --- Latifundio --- Plantations --- Ranches --- Agricultural workers --- Farm labor --- Farm laborers --- Farm workers --- Farmhands --- Farmworkers --- Employees --- Rural conditions. --- Agriculture --- -Latin America --- Estancias --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Haciendas - Latin America --- Agricultural laborers - Latin America --- Latin America - Rural conditions