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BIBLIOGRAPHY

(Last Updated: 7 November 1998)

MODERN JORDAN

Abu Jaber, Kamel S. The Jordanians and the People of Jordan. Amman: Royal Scientific Society Press. (1980)

Abu Jaber, Kamel S., F. Gharaideh, S. Khawasmeh, and A. Hill. Bedouin of Jordan: A People in Transition. Amman: Royal Scientific Society Press. (1978)

Al Madfai, Madiha Rashid. Jordan, the United States and the Middle East Peace Process, 1974-1991. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (1993)

Antoun, Richard T. Arab Village: A Social Structural Study of a Transjordanian Peasant Community. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. (1972)

Antoun, Richard T. Low-Key Politics: Local-Level Leadership and Change in the Middle East. Albany: State University of New York. (1979)

Antoun, Richard T. Muslim Preacher in the Modern World: A Jordanian Case Study. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (1989)

Aruri, Naseer. Jordan: A Study in Political Development, 1921-1965. The Hague: M. Nijhoff. (1972)

Bailey, Clinton. Jordan's Palestinian Challenge, 1948-1983: A Political History. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (1984)

Goichon, Amelie-Marie. Jordanie Reelle. 2 vols. Paris: Maisonneuve. (1967-72) Gubser, Peter. Jordan: Crossroads of Middle Eastern Events. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (1983)

Gubser, Peter. Politics and Change in Al-Karak, Jordan: A Study of a Small Arab Town and Its District. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (1985)

H.M. King Abdullah of Jordan. Memoirs of King Abdullah of Transjordan. London: Jonathan Cape. (1950)

H.M. King Hussein of Jordan. Uneasy Lies the Head: An Autobiography. London: Heinemann. (1962)

Khouri, Rami G. The Jordan Valley: Life and Society Below Sea Level. London: Longman. (1981)

Lancaster, William. The Rwala Bedouin Today. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (1981)

Layne, Linda. Home and Homeland: The Dialogics of Tribal and National Identities in Jordan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (1994)

Lunt, James. Hussein of Jordan: Searching for a Just and Lasting Peace, A Political Biography. London: Macmillan. (1989)

Metz, Helen Chapin. Jordan, A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army. (1991)

Mutawi, Samir A. Jordan in the 1967 War. London: Cambridge University Press. (1987)

Nowar, Maan. The History of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 1, Oxford: Ithaca Press. (1989)

Rogan, Eugene L. and Tariq Tell, eds. Village, Steppe, and State: The Social Origins of Modern Jordan. London, New York: British Academic Press. (1994)

Salibi, Kamal. The Modern History of Jordan. London: I.B. Tauris. (1993)

Satloff, Robert B. From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition. New York: Oxford University Press. (1994)

Vatikiotis, P.J. Politics and the Military in Jordan: A Study of the Arab Legion, 1921-1957. New York: Praeger Publishers. (1967)

Wilson, Mary C. King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (1990)

Wilson, Rodney, ed. Politics and the Economy in Jordan. London: Routledge. (1991)

REFERENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gubser, Peter. Historical Dictionary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. (1991)

Seccomb, Ian J. Jordan. Oxford: Clio Press. (1984) [Bibliography]

19th AND EARLY 20th CENTURIES HISTORY AND TRAVELLERS

Abujaber, Raouf Sa'd. Pioneers Over Jordan: The Frontier of Settlement in Transjordan, 1850-1914. London: I.B. Tauris and Co. (1989)

Burckhardt, John Lewis. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London: John Murray. (1822). Reprint, New York: AMS Press. (1989)

Conder, Claude Reignier. Heth and Moab: Explorations in Syria in 1881 and 1882. London: Alexander P. Watt. (1892)

Jaussen, Antonin. Coutumes Des Arabes Au Pays De Moab. Paris: Maisonneuve. (1948)

Lewis, Norman N. Nomads and Settlers in Syria and Jordan, 1800-1980. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (1987)

Musil, Alois. Arabia Petraea. Wien: A. Holder. (1907-08) Reprint: Hildescheim: G. Olms (1989)

Musil, Alois. The Manners and Customs of the Rwala Bedouins. New York: The American Geographical Society. (1928)

Oppenheim, Max Von. Die Beduinen 2. Die Beduinenstamme in Palestina, Transjordan, Sinai, Hejaz. Leipzig: Otto Harrasowitz. (1943)

Peake, Frederick G. A History of Jordan and its Tribes. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press. (1958)

Seabrook, William B. Adventures in Arabia. New York: Paragon House. (1991, reprint of 1927 edition)

Tristram, H.B. The Land of Moab: Travels and Discoveries on the East Side of the Dead Sea and the Jordan. New York: Harper and Bros. (1873)

ARCHAEOLOGY/ART HISTORY

Bienkowski, Piotr (ed.) The Art of Jordan - Treasures from an Ancient Land. National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside. (1991)

Browning, Iain. Petra. London: Chatto and Windus. (1982)

Browning, Iain. Jerash and the Decapolis. London: Chatto and Windus. (1982)

Piccirillo, Michele. The Mosaics of Jordan. Amman: American Center of Oriental Research. (1993)

Dornemann, Rudolph. The Archaeology of the Transjordan in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Public Museum. (1983)

Harding, G. Lankester. The Antiquities of Jordan. Revised: New York: Praeger. (1967) Amman: Jordan Distribution Agency. (1990)

Helms, Svend. Early Islamic Architecture of the Desert: A Bedouin Station in Eastern Jordan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (1990)

Homes-Frederieq, D. and J.B. Hennessy, eds. Archaeology of Jordan I: Bibliography. Akkadica Supplementum III. Leuven: Peeters. (1986)

Homes-Frederieq, D. and J.B. Hennessy, eds. Archaeology of Jordan II: Field Reports. Akkadica Supplementum VII. Leuven: Peeters. (1989)

Khouri, Rami G. Jerash: A Frontier City of the Roman East. London: Longman. (1986)

Khouri, Rami G. The Antiquities of the Jordan Rift Valley. Amman: Al Kutba Publishers. (1988)

Lindner, Manfred, ed. Petra und das Konigreich der Nabataer. Munchen: Deip. (1989, fifth edition)

McKenzie, Judith. The Architecture of Petra. London: British Academy, British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, British Institute in Amman for Archaeology and History. (1990)

Wennig, Robert. Die Nabataer, Denkmaler u. Geschitchte: Eine Bestandaufnahme de Archaologischen Befundes. Freiburg: Universitatsverlag. (1987)

Zayadine, Fawzi, ed. Petra and the Caravan Cities. Amman: Department of Antiquities of Jordan. (1990)

Zayadine, Fawzi, ed. La Voie Royale: 9000 Ans D'Art au Royaume de Jordanie. Paris: l'Association Francaise d'Action Artistique. (1986)

For recent summary articles of archaeological excavations and research (current and in progress) see: Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan Studies of the History and Archaeology of Jordan I-V.

TRADITIONAL ARTS

Khammash, Ammar. Notes on Village Architecture in Jordan. Lafayette: University of Southwestern Louisiana. (1986)

Weir, Shelagh. The Bedouin: Aspects of the Material Culture of the Bedouin of Jordan. London: World of Islam Festival Publishing Co. (1976)

Palestinian Costume. Austin: University of Texas Press. (1989)

Pracht u. Geheimnis: Kleidung u. Schmuck aus Palastina u. Jordanien. Koln: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum. (1987)

PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS

Amin, Mohamed, Duncan Willetts, and Sam Kiley. Journey Through Jordan. Nairobi, Kenya: Camerapix Publishers International. (1994)

Taylor, Jane. High Above Jordan. Amman: Argo Films. (1991)

Taylor, Jane. Petra. London: Aurum Press Ltd. (1993)

TRAVEL/TOURIST INFORMATION

Maps of major cities and towns, guide books (in various languages), Arabic phrase books, and archaeological books/pamphlets (including Al Kutba publications) are usually available at major hotels and tourist shops in Amman and throughout Jordan.

Archaeological maps may be obtained from the Department of Antiquities in Amman.

Al-Kutba Jordan Guide Series A series of booklets on archaeological sites in Jordan, including: Amman, Aqaba, Desert Castles, Jerash, Kerak (with Shobak and Ajilun), King's Highway, Madaba (with Mt. Nebo), Pella, Petra, Umm Qeis, Umm al-Jamal, and Wadi Rum. Amman: Al-Kutba Publishers.

OTHER GUIDE BOOKS

Fodor: Jordan and the Holy Land (1979); Jordanie (Guide Bleu) (1979) are both out of print.

1994 Insight Guides: Jordan. (with sections on the West Bank and Syria). Houghton Mifflin Co. APA Publications (HK) Ltd. Singapore: Hofer Press Pte. Ltd.

1994 Spectrum Guide to Jordan. Compiled and edited by Camerapix Moorland Publishing Co. Ltd. Nairobi, Kenya: Camerapix Publishers International.

1993 Jordan and Syria: Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit. Damien Simonis and Hugh Finlay. Australia: McPherson's Printing Group.

1993 Discovery Guide to Jordan and the Holy Land. Diana Darke. Immel Aubng, UK: St. Mut.

1996 Let's Go Guide to Israel and Egypt, including Jordan, Syria and the West Bank. New York: St. Martin's Press.

NOTES

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