British imperialism and the Tribal Question desert administration and nomadic societies in the Middle East 1919 1936 1st Edition by Robert Fletcher 0198729316 9780198729310

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ISBN 10: 0198729316

ISBN 13: 9780198729310

Author: Robert S. G. Fletcher

British Imperialism and ‘The Tribal Question’__ reconstructs the history of Britain’s presence in the deserts of the interwar Middle East, making the case for its significance to scholars of imperialism and of the region’s past. It tells the story of what happened when the British Empire and Bedouin communities met on the desert frontiers between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. It traces the workings of the resulting practices of ‘desert administration’ from their origins in the wake of one World War to their eclipse after the next, as British officials, Bedouin shaykhs, and nationalist politicians jostled to influence desert affairs.Drawn to the commanding heights of political society in the region’s towns and cities, historians have tended to afford frontier ‘margins’ merely marginal treatment. Instead, this volume combines the study of imperialism, nomads, and the desert itself to reveal the centrality of ‘desert administration’ to the working of Britain’s empire, repositioning neglected frontier areas as nerve centres of imperial activity. __British Imperialism and ‘The Tribal Question’__ leads the shift in historians’ attentions from the familiar, urban seats of power to the desert ‘hinterlands’ that have long been obscured.

British imperialism and the Tribal Question desert administration and nomadic societies in the Middle East 1919 1936 1st Table of contents:

Introduction: The View from the Frontier 
Part I 
1 Asking ‘the Tribal Question’: The Royal Central Asian
Society in the World 
2 Beating the Bounds: The Growth of British
Desert Administration 
Part II 
3 Running the Corridor 
4 Making the Desert Bloom? Development, Ideology, and the Future of the Steppe 
Part III 
5 ‘Somewhat Light Soil’: The Eclipse of British
Desert Administration 
Conclusion: Deserts, Nomads, and Empire in
the Interwar World 
Appendix: Dramatis Personae 

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