Few world regions today are of more pressing social and political interest than the Middle East: hardly a day has passed in the last decade without events there making global news. Understanding the region has never been more important, yet the field of Middle East studies in th…
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Many Crises of Middle East Studies -- PART I. DISCIPLINES AND THEIR BOUNDARIES -- 1. Scientific Knowledge, Liberalism, and Empire: American Political Science i…