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100 1 _aPRYCE-JONES David
245 _aThe closed circle :
_ban interpretation of the Arabs /
_c David Pryce-Jones
260 _aChicago IL :
_bIvan R.Dee ,
_c2002
300 _axiv, 464 p.
520 _aFirst published by Harper & Row 1989, this edition includes a new preface by the author, the rest of the text is unchanged. The book sets out to understand Arab society using historical evidence to explain why the Middle East is in the state that it is and why participative civil society has not taken root there.
650 _aARAB SOCIETY
650 _aARABS
_xLIFE AND CUSTOMS
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