Mosul before Iraq: Like Bees Making Five-Sided Cells (SUNY series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East) - Softcover

Shields, Sarah D.

 
9780791444887: Mosul before Iraq: Like Bees Making Five-Sided Cells (SUNY series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0791444880 ISBN 13: 9780791444887
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2000

Synopsis

Using original source documents, this book portrays nineteenth-century Mosul―a large city currently in Iraq's "no-fly" zone.

Drawing upon original source documents, Mosul before Iraq paints a portrait of the region during the turbulent nineteenth century. What emerges is a picture of citizens less focused on Europe or Istanbul and more on centuries-old relationships among its economic and social spheres. By arguing that the region belongs to a broader geographic, economic, and political space which crosses current national borders, the book explains the continuing conflict over the status of Mosul.

Like bees building unconventional cells, Mosul's people innovated during the nineteenth century. They worked to incorporate new methods, new products, and new interactions into networks that they had already constructed in their crafts, their commerce, their city, and their region.

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About the Author

Sarah D. Shields is Associate Professor in the History Department at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791444880
ISBN 13 
9780791444887
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
292

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