Zachary Lockman: 2 books
Contending Visions of the Middle East
The History and Politics of Orientalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and US Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's...
Field Notes
The Making of Middle East Studies in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Field Notes reconstructs the origins and trajectory of area studies in the United States, focusing on Middle East studies from the 1920s to the 1980s. Drawing on extensive archival research, Zachary Lockman shows how the Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Ford foundations played key roles in conceiving, funding,...