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Some observations on the social roots of syrias ruling. He immigrated to the united states in 1948, receiving his phd from harvard university in 1960. Revolutionary movements of iraq, first published by princeton university press. In addition to his contributions to many books and scholarly journals, he is the author of the landmark work the old social classes and the revolutionary mo. It is based on primary sources that had never been accessible before.
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This essay is a revised version of a talk given at the center for middle eastern studies, harvard university, on april 11, 1979. A study of iraqs old landed and commercial classes and of its communists, baathists and free. The old social classes and the revolutionary movements of iraq by hanna batatu. A study of iraqs old landed and commercial classes and of its communists, bathists and free officers new edition by batatu, hanna isbn. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the old social classes and the. The old social classes and the revolutionary movements of. Peter sluglett no serious study of the modern history of iraq can be undertaken without a.
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