Asking 'the tribal question' : the Royal Central Asian Society in the world -- Beating the bounds : the growth of British desert administration -- Running the corridor -- Making the desert bloom? Development, ideology, and the future of the steppe -- 'Somewhat light soil' : the eclipse of British desert administration -- Conclusion : deserts, nomads, and empire in the interwar world
Summary
Robert S.G. Fletcher 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. He 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, and 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
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 26, 2015)
