8vo. xvi, 322 pp., 1 frontispiece map, 6 figures, cloth, title in red on front cover and spine, notes, biblio, index, previous owner’s name signed verso front & lower cover, otherwise copy in mint condition, Westview Special Studies on the Middle East Series, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1978.

Synopsis

Almost totally isolated from the modern world and modern politics until the overthrow of the Imamate in 1962, contemporary Yemen provides a unique historical laboratory for the student of politics and socio-economic modernisation.