The Middle East and North Africa: A Political Geography - Softcover

Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 367 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographies and index. Summary; This book enriches understanding of political phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa by offering a political and spatial perspective. This is a region where the interaction of geography and politics is more graphically illustrated than anywhere else in the world, and this book fills a noticeable gap in the politial geographical literature of the region. Material and ideas on spatial relationships in the region have until now remained scattered; this is the first effort to integrate such material to describe how it affects Middle Eastern political relationships. In view of the global imporance of the region and the numerous instances in which political conflicts in it have a geographic origin or dimension, this book will make an important contribution to Middle Eastern studies. Middle East Studies courses; political geographers; journalists; diplomats. Subjects; Political geography. Geography, Political. Middle East - Politics and government. Africa, North - Politics and government. Middle East - Administrative and political divisions. Africa, North - Administrative and political divisions. Middle East - History. Africa, North - History. Near East - Politics and government. Near East - Administrative and political divisions. Middle East - to 1985. North Africa - to 1985. Asia - Southwestern Asia. Ancient Orient. Near East - History - General works. Asian / Middle Eastern history. Language & linguistics. Middle East ; India. History / Middle East / General. Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General. History / Asia / India & South Asia. Genre; Illustrated.