A History of Modern Yemen
A HISTORY OF MODERN YEMEN PAUL DRESCH University of Oxford The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , UK http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk West th Street, New York, –, USA http://www.cup.org Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne , Australia Ruiz de Alarcón , Madrid, Spain © Cambridge University Press This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeface Monotype Baskerville /. pt System QuarkXPress™ [] A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Dresch, Paul. A history of modern Yemen / Paul Dresch. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Yemen–History–th century. I. Title. .–dc - hardback paperback Contents List of illustrations page ix List of maps and figures xi Preface and acknowledgements xiii List of abbreviations xvii . Turkey, Britain and Imam Yah·ya¯: the years around Imperial divisions Premodern Yemen Political connections Forms of life .Yah·ya¯ and the British: – Control of Yemen Aden’s hinterland and H· ad·ramawt A geographical intersection The dynastic state Modernist contradictions The coup of . A new form of politics: the s Changes in the South The Aden hinterland Ah·mad’s domain The new politics Cairo and Sanaa Constitutions and revolution . Revolutions and civil wars: the s Revolution in the North Armed struggle in the South Aden as political focus ¨ Abd al-Na¯s·ir and Yemen The end of the British in the South vii viii Contents The end of the Egyptians in the North Consolidation of two states .
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