John M. Willis, Unmaking North and South: Cartographies of the Yemeni Past
John M. Willis’ book is a complex, nuanced and yet fascinating analysis of the construction of Yemeni state institutions in relation to their environment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rather than offering a linear narrative of locally generated or “self‑originating” (p. 12) processes a...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Language: | Anglais |
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Arabian Humanities
2024
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | John M. Willis’ book is a complex, nuanced and yet fascinating analysis of the construction of Yemeni state institutions in relation to their environment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rather than offering a linear narrative of locally generated or “self‑originating” (p. 12) processes and dynamics that would highlight the “manifest destiny” of a unitary and centralized state and nation, the author insists on the one hand on the random or indeterminate character of most historical... |
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