Hanna Batatu

The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq (eBook, ePUB)

A Study of Iraq's Old Landed and Commercial Classes and of Its Communists, Ba'thists and Free Officers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This comparative study analyses the traditional elite of Iraq and their sucessors - the Communists, the Bathists and Free Officers - in terms of social and economic relationships in each area of the country. The author draws on secret government documents and interviews with key figures, both in power and in prison, to produce an engrossing story of political struggle and change. 'A landmark in Middle Eastern historical study' Roger Owen, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 'By far the best book written on the social and political history of modern Iraq' Ahmad Dallal, Professor of Middle Eastern History, Stanford University

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 1283
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780863567711
• Artikelnr.: 38239415

Autorenporträt

Hanna Batatu was born in 1926 in Jerusalem. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, receiving his PhD from Havard University in 1960. Apart from research fellowships at Havard, MIT and Princeton, Batatu held two major teaching appointments: at the American University of Beirut (1962-1981), and at Georgetown University (1982-1994), where he was named professor Emeritus upon retirement. He died in 2000.