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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 09:51:54 Is there a particularly good book about the history of Western colonialism/imperialism in the Middle East? I’m thinking, like, mid- to late-Ottoman empire to recent history. Edward Said’s Orientalism has been on my list forever, but I want some background before I dig into it. |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:08:27 @Ashedryden it's north Africa but State and Revolution in Algeria by Rachid Tlemcani covers exactly that period |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:10:00 @catch56 thank youuuu. Also hello stranger :) |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:15:02 @Ashedryden should say it's not good as an overview, he does a comparison of Ottoman and French colonialism in Algeria mixed in with a discussion of various Marxist theories of the state that were developing in the '60s and '70s, but it's a good book and I learned a lot reading it. |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:17:00 @catch56 sounds up my alley in any case |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:21:04 @Ashedryden also this is right at the end of the period but I'd never heard of it before finding this article. 1965 March Intifada in Bahrain. |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:25:52 @catch56 “It is noteworthy that the total of those killed in these incidents to date are three demonstrators, while twenty-one wounded, some of them eloquently.” interesting turn of phrase |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:29:08 @catch56 I’m relatively new to mid east history. A few months back I read All the Shah’s Men about the British + American moves + coup that led to the 1979 revolution in Iran |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:10:06 @Ashedryden Tim Mitchell's Rule of Experts for the early 1900s, Carbon Democracy for a more sweeping 20th c arc |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:30:15 @Ashedryden just dive in; it's pretty accessible. |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:31:59 @evan I’m not worried about accessibility, I want the historical context |
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Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 14:08:49 @Ashedryden this is contextual but opinionated and focused on Palestine. I'd also recommend: history of byzantium podcast, https://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Four-Thousand-Year-History/dp/1786992728 |
