Field Notes - by Zachary Lockman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>Field Notes</i> uncovers how Middle East studies as an academic field was built over the course of the 20th century--a process replete with contention, anxiety, dead ends, and consequences both unanticipated and unintended.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Field Notes</i> uncovers how Middle East studies as an academic field was built over the course of the 20th century-a process replete with contention, anxiety, dead ends, and consequences both unanticipated and unintended.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Fair-minded, thorough, and thoughtful, <i>Field Notes</i> is essential reading for scholars in Middle East studies who want to learn the origins and fate of their field. With a broad vision and deep research, Zachary Lockman has much to teach anyone interested in the past, present, and future of international studies in the United States.--David Engerman "Brandeis University"<br><br>In considering the creation of the interdisciplinary field of Middle East studies in the United States, Zachary Lockman provides a dystopic vision from the commanding heights of the war games planners and petroleum executives to 'the lower parts of Max Weber.' Bristling with ideas and criticisms, <i>Field Notes</i> deserves to be placed alongside the life cycles and vicissitudes of Latin America, East Asia and Africa area studies in the making and unmaking of the twentieth century American empire.--Edmund Burke III "University of California, Santa Cruz, author of <i>The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam</i>"<br><br>Zachary Lockman's labors in the foundation records make <i>Field Notes</i> a must read for understanding the history of the social sciences and the building of area studies. And his wry style and sharp, carefully drawn conclusions makes reading the book a true pleasure.--Robert Vitalis "University of Pennsylvania, author of <i>White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations</i>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Zachary Lockman</b> is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and of History at New York University. He is the author of <i>Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism</i> (2004, 2010).
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