{"product_id":"geographic-realities-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-state-oil-and-agriculture-paperback","title":"Geographic Realities in the Middle East and North Africa: State, Oil and Agriculture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Joffé\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Schofield\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrating the work of Keith McLachlan, a well-known and much-admired geographer of the Middle East and North Africa, this book combines three interrelated topics that define the region. The Middle East has been integral to the growth of the global oil industry, an aspect of its evolution since 1908 which has had profound geopolitical implications as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe territory was also the arena for the last European experiment in colonialism, a development that has left its legacy even today. And, historically, it has been the location of the great hydraulic civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia yet is still dependent on the flow of its two major river systems - the Nile and the Tigris-Euphrates - in an era of impending climate crisis. These themes form the essence of themes that are discussed in the chapters that follow. Keith McLachlan played a significant role in our understanding of these themes and of their effects in the contemporary world, as the comments of those who worked with him and have contributed towards this book reveal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining agriculture, oil and state construction, this volume offers an insight into how the contemporary Middle East was constructed after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It is a key resource for scholars and students interested in geopolitics and the geography of the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Joffé\u003c\/strong\u003e, former deputy director at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) and former Lecturer in the international relations of the Middle East and North Africa at POLIS, University of Cambridge. In addition to publishing co-authored and edited books, he has published articles in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of North African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and book chapters in \u003ci\u003eIslamist radicalisation in North Africa \u003c\/i\u003e(2011) and \u003ci\u003eCivil Resistance in the Arab Spring \u003c\/i\u003e(ed. Roberts et al. 2016) amongst others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Schofield, Reader in geography at King's College, University of London, is a specialist in archival sources for the study of boundary and territorial disputes, particularly of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf. His publications include \u003ci\u003eTerritorial Foundations of the Gulf States\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and articles in various journals like \u003ci\u003eMediterranean Politics \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGeopolitics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42123157340295,"sku":"9780367609467","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9fbed25da0e5c7365d04b52c5589c651.webp?v=1732564800","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/geographic-realities-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-state-oil-and-agriculture-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}