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Shemlan: A History of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies by James Craig (En
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- ISBN
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- Book Title
- Shemlan : a History of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies
- Book Series
- St Antony's Ser.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
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- Yes
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- Historiography, International Relations / General, Middle East / General
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- Number of Pages
- Xiv, 203 Pages
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Shemlan, a small, once unknown village in the hills overlooking Beirut, became notorious throughout the Middle East when Bertram Thomas chose it as the location for the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies (MECAS) in 1947. The knowledge that a western government was taking pains to teach its citizens Arabic and inform them of Arab history, society and religion made the Arabs suspicious. The success of MECAS in producing specialists who were the envy of other governments produced doubt and anxiety. The power of MECAS to attract British but also foreign diplomats and businessmen should have made it a profitable enterprise; instead there was constant penny-pinching and reluctance to invest. In retrospect it looks like an excellent idea developed by improvisation through its early troubles which was then allowed to die in its prime. Was it yet another example of a British invention unexploited?
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Book Title
Shemlan : a History of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies
Number of Pages
Xiv, 203 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historiography, International Relations / General, Middle East / General
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Political Science
Book Series
St Antony's Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
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9.9 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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'In his lively, comprehensive and often humorous account, Sir James Craig describes how a good idea was turned into a unique and highly successful enterprise, despite doubts at home and political tensions and conflicts in the region.' - Sir Donald Maitland 'From personal knowledge, the memories of students, and from official documents, [Sir James Craig] has put together an excellent history.' - M.E. Yapp, The Times Literary Supplement
Dewey Edition
21
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Dewey Decimal
327/.071/05692
Lc Classification Number
D13-15
Table of Content
List of Plates Foreword by Lord Hurd of Westwell Preface Acknowledgements The Idea The Jerusalem Years A Village in the Mountains The Early Years in Shemlan Reform Expansion The Final Years Problems Who Were They? How Well Did It Do? Appendixes Notes Index
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1998
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