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Ivory towers on sand : the failure of Middle Eastern studies in America
- Title
- Ivory towers on sand : the failure of Middle Eastern studies in America / Martin Kramer.
- Author
- Kramer, Martin S.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2001.
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Details
- Description
- x, 137 p.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "In this iconoclastic expose, Martin Kramer surveys the ruins of Middle Eastern studies, to ask how and why they went wrong. Ivory Towers on Sand is the most thorough critique of Middle Eastern studies in America ever published - and a necessary step toward their reconstruction."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Policy papers ; no. 58
- Uniform Title
- Policy papers (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) ; no. 58.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- An American Invention -- Said's Splash -- Islam Obscured -- Misstating the State -- The Beltway Barrier -- The Cultivation of Irrelevance -- Conclusion: When Gods Fail.
- Call Number
- JFF 02-584
- ISBN
- 0944029493
- 9780944029497
- LCCN
- 2001046518
- OCLC
- 47745900
- Author
- Kramer, Martin S.
- Title
- Ivory towers on sand : the failure of Middle Eastern studies in America / Martin Kramer.
- Imprint
- Washington, DC : Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2001.
- Series
- Policy papers ; no. 58Policy papers (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) ; no. 58.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 02-584*OAC 02-56 (Locked cage)