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How Happy to Call Oneself a Turk

Provincial Newspapers and the Negotiation of a Muslim National Identity

University of Texas Press

Challenging established views about the development of a secular Turkish national identity, this history explores how the Turkish people used print media to incorporate their Islamic heritage into Turkish nationalism following World War II.

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Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey

The Paradox of Moderation

University of Texas Press

The first systematic study of the evolution of Islamic politics in Iran and Turkey, based on primary documents from both countries.

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Islamism and Modernism

The Changing Discourse in Iran

University of Texas Press

A timely study of the historical, religious, and social forces that have shaped Iran throughout the past century.

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A Tribal Order

Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen

University of Texas Press

A unique examination of the tribal politics and state-tribe relationship within a Yemen community that for centuries has disproved Western stereotypes.

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The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism

University of Texas Press

A history of the largest and longest-lasting people’s revolt in the Arab East, which attempted to liberate Syria from French rule in 1925.

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Planning the Family in Egypt

New Bodies, New Selves

University of Texas Press

How Egyptian family planning policies navigate between the Westernized state and traditional Islamic groups.

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Men and Popular Music in Algeria

The Social Significance of Raï

University of Texas Press

A popular music form as a lens for viewing Algerian society.

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Slaves into Workers

Emancipation and Labor in Colonial Sudan

University of Texas Press

The process of emancipation and the development of wage labor in the Sudan under British colonial rule.

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Women and Men in Late Eighteenth-Century Egypt

University of Texas Press

The first comprehensive picture of women's status and opportunities in late eighteenth-century Egypt.

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Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923

The Impact of the West

University of Texas Press

The effect of Western influence on the later Ottoman Empire and on the development of the modern Turkish nation-state links these twelve essays by a prominent American scholar.

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Arabian Oasis City

The Transformation of 'Unayzah

University of Texas Press

The first anthropological study to document the social change in an urban community in Saudi Arabia since the oil book of the mid-1970s.

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Islam against the West

Shakib Arslan and the Campaign for Islamic Nationalism

University of Texas Press

This book gives a unique perspective on the interwar history of the Middle East; by telling the life story of one man, it illuminates the political and cultural struggles of an era.

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Government and Society in Rural Palestine, 1920-1948

University of Texas Press

This study seeks to go beyond attributions of responsibility to investigate the concrete conditions which determined and limited Palestinian Arab actions between 1920 and 1948.

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Land and Revolution in Iran, 1960–1980

University of Texas Press

In the first major study of the effects of the Iranian land reform carried out by the government of the shah between 1962 and 1971, Eric Hooglund's analysis demonstrates that the primary motives behind the land reform were political.

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Government and Society in Afghanistan

The Reign of Amir ‘Abd al-Rahman Khan

University of Texas Press

This is an authoritative study of the administrative, social, and economic structure of Afghanistan during a decisive stage in its history.

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