000			01685nam a22003015 4500
001			bk 03062648
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008			050915s1999 xx eng d
020			_a1860643310 (pbk.) : _c19.95
040			_aBaker & Taylor
069			_a07225062
090			_aDS 154.5 .S25 1998
100	1		_aSalibi, Kamal S. _q(Kamal Suleiman), _d1929- _959380
245	1	4	_aThe modern history of Jordan / _cKamal Salibi
250			_aRev. paperback ed.
260			_aLondon : _bI B Tauris & Co, _c1998.
300			_a298 p. : _bmap ; _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-278) and index
520		0	_aFew states in the modern world have had a less promising birth than Jordan. When in 1921 the Hashemite Emir Abdallah was recognized as the ruler of this backwater of the former Ottoman Empire, it was sparsely populated, extremely poor, and widely regarded as ungovernable. Today, Jordan has become one of the most prosperous and stable countries in the Middle East and a major player in the region's politics. In this political history, Kamal Salibi describes how the transformation was achieved, tracing the story of modern Jordan from its origin in the Arab revolt at the end of the First World War.
651		0	_aJordan _xHistory _y20th century. _916243
852			_9p19.95 _y04-30-2000
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