Author: ANSHEN, RUTH NANDA
Title: Mid-East : world-center, yesterday, today, and tomorrow / planned and edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen ; prepared with the collaboration of Ernest Jackh
Description: New York : Harper 1956. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 386 pages; Description: xiii. 386 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Middle East. Series: Science of culture series ; v. 7. Contents: West emerging from East / Ruth Nanda Anshen -- Ancient Near East : cradle of history / E.A. Speiser -- Judaeo-Christian heritage / Jack Finegan -- World-center of Islam / Edwin E. Calverley -- The desert and the land / Carleton S. Coon -- Mid-land. mid-sea. mid-air / Ernest Jackh -- World-center of oil / Harold B. Hoskins -- Political institutions / George Lenczowski -- Economic and social conditions / Charles Issawi -- Woman / Nabia Abbott -- Education / Taha Hussein -- From religious to national law / Majid Khadduri -- Language / Louis Massingnon -- Art / Mehmet Aga-Oglu -- Science / George Sarton -- Nationalism and imperialism / Hans Kohn -- Communism and Islam / Bernard Lewis -- The example of Turkey / Ernest Jackh -- The phenomenon of Israel / Samuel Hugo Bergman -- West returning to East / Ruth Nanda Anshen.Weight in Kg appr.:

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