Title State, society, and land in Jordan / by Michael R. Fischbach

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; v. 75 Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 75. 1385-3376 Contents Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Abbreviations; List of Tables; Introduction; Chapter One: Ottoman and Local Conceptualizations of Land; Chapter Two: Land in the Wake of Ottoman Policies; Chapter Three: Land in the Early Years of the Emirate; Chapter Four: The British Land Program; Chapter Five: Results of the Land Program; Chapter Six: Land Policy, Socio-Economic Structures, and Politics; Chapter Seven: Land and the Conceptualization of Jordan; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations Summary Examines how state and society conceptualized land ownership in Jordan from the late Ottoman era through the 1950s, and how the resulting interaction between them shaped the socio-economic and political contours of modern Jordan Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index Notes Print version record Subject Land tenure -- Jordan -- History -- 19th century Land tenure -- Jordan -- History -- 20th century Land use -- Jordan -- History -- 19th century Land use -- Jordan -- History -- 20th century Land value taxation -- History -- 19th century Land value taxation -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Land tenure Land use Land value taxation Grundeigentum Sozioökonomischer Wandel Grondpolitiek. Grondbezit. Jordan Jordanien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1417536802 9781417536801 9047400623 9789047400622 9786610464470 6610464472

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