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In his book "Colonial Effects", Mr. Massad analyzes how Jordan's identity has evolved since the colonial time. He emphasizes how this was achieved mainly by the means of two institutions: the law and the military. Considering that it was to take place in a newly formed country constituted of a very diverse population, this was quite a challenge. Colonial Effects was written as a dissertation, which makes it very structured and scholarly.

Chapter one, "Codifying the Nation: Law and the Articulation of National Identity in Jordan", makes a review of how the Jordanian law came to exist, first during the Ottoman empire, already influenced by the Western world, and then by the British mandate. Jordan, according to Massad, would not have been possible before the era of the Nation-state, as the population was very diverse and divided. But the creation of this state predates the establishment of a Jordanian identity, since the enactment of Nationality Law didn't occur until 1928. The territory of Jordan, on the other side, has always been more malleable, since it has expanded and contracted, and a British concept of private ownership was put in force during the mandate, which territorialized the reorganization of national identity. Like British national law, Jordanian nationality was defined by ones paternity, which stayed mostly unchanged, or in certain cases by naturalization. Women's and children's nationality was until fairly recently dependent on their husbands and fathers nationality.

In "Different Spaces as Different Times: Law and Geography in Jordanian Nationalism", Massad explains the different application of the law to urban males, women, and Bedouins. In Jordan, there is a distinction between the civil code, the personal status law, and the tribal law. Women weren't allowed to vote until the sixties, although they were regarded as equal to men on several other levels. A strong organization of women partly through societies and clubs, was able to offer a number of rights in society. The tribal law applied to Bedouins, who in the twenties represented close to half of the Jordanian population. The Bedouin population was closely supervised by the Arab Legion and partly forced to sedentarize until the mid seventies, at which point they finally gained access to Jordanian voting rights, but the tribal law was abolished, which brought about quite some resentment. Jordan has used the Bedouin culture as a means to attract interest from abroad and develop its tourism and economy. Jordan is faced with the problem of its dualities: modern-traditional, nomadic-settled.

Chapter three is entitled "Cultural Syncretism or Colonial Mimic Men: Jordan's Bedouins and the Military Basis of National Identity". The Jordanian army, the Arab Legion tried to avoid discrimination of nationality or tribe. Glubb had a special interest in the Arab population, but also showed was of evolutionary and modernizationist thinking, although supporting local dictatorial rule as more "traditional". He had a strong antipathy to juridical rule, which undermined his authority over the Bedouin. On the other side, he took a great interest in shaping the Arab Legion into a more European appearance, both exterior and culturally, and comes to identify with Bedouin Arabs as the basis for Jordanianness. During Glubb's time, the society in Jordan changed a lot. Although caring for the Bedouin tribes, his job was to sedentarize them, and to do so, he helped totally redefine the Bedouin culture and way of life.

In "Nationalizing the Military: Colonial Legacy as National Heritage", we see how already during the British Mandate, anti-colonialism began to grow within the army. Abdullah al-Tall would have anti-British speeches and soon was considered a threat to the regime, but he eventually vanished from the political sphere of the anti-colonial opposition. When Husayn acceded to the throne, he was still undergoing great British influence, but already showed an interest in eventually doing without the British, and befriended Ali Abu-Nuwwar. This was a time when unrest grew, and the Free Officers gained a more important place regarding nationalism. The army was widely enlarged, and a request was made for the Arabization of the army. Finally, in 1956, the British and Glubb are dismissed. The new nationalist leadership saw the army as an instrument of national unification. But the King chose to turn towards the United States with the acceptation of the Doctrine. A coup was organized against the King, but was dismantled and had the result of reinforcing the existing government.

Chapter five, "The Nation as an Elastic Entity: The Expansion and Contraction of Jordan", presents the effect that demographic and geographic expansion and contraction had on the Jordanian identity and culture. The Jericho Conference and the annexation of the West Bank called for a certain "Palestinian-Jordanian unity". With this territory, came a large number of Palestinians who were offered Jordanian identity, which only partially and half-heartedly accepted. A further displacement occurred after the 1948 loss of this territory to Israel, when a number of West Bank inhabitants resettled on the East Bank of Jordan. The PLO and other Palestinian related guerrilla activities who had their seat in Jordan came to be viewed as a growing threat to the government and were finally ousted in 1970 to avoid the spreading of a civil war. A Jordanian accent, new clothing, or football, also became symbols of the new Jordanienness. Finally, this Jordanienness is inclusive, many being also Palestinian, Bedouin, etc.

In conclusion, I would say that in "Colonial Effects", Massad is able to show that the modern institutions of power of Jordan ,namely the law and the military, have indeed shaped the national identity of the Jordanian population. Not merely repressing this population, but also producing something of greater importance: a sense of belonging to a particular nation, that is the Kingdom of Jordan. First imposed on the country under the British rule, those institutions have been progressively integrated into the "tradition" of a Jordanian past to eventually become the essence of Jordanienness.

i really enjoyed this book. it explained things well and gave me some neat ideas. after reading this book, i bought an unfinished shelf and painted it, following an idea in the book. it turned out great and i'm really happy with it.

I read this book to use as reference when I was writing a paper on Nepal's conservation practices. This book is one of the most comprehensive ones on conservation practiced through promoting indigenous cultures. It has many examples from Nepal, United States and Australia. It is divided in to case studies, which I thought was a great idea because most of the books include their examples in the text without making a regional division, which makes it really hard for the researcher who looks for specific country studies. I am giving 4 stars because I wished that the author talked more about the theory behind conservation with cultural survival. He mainly concentrates on its implication in several countries. Yet, I found this book as an invaluable source.

This is an excellent read that manages to incorporate religion, politics, and love in an interesting blend. Jonas, the protagonist, is a victim not only of chance, but also of his own poor judgment. He cheats on his wife, is the center of a political firestorm in Israel, and discovers he is also a cuckold. Cosmetic Effects is funny and a fast read.

The experts who contributed to this book are highly knowledgeable in their areas, thus making for a very authoritative book. Cultivation Analysis is a methodology that has been used by researchers to view long term as opposed to short term media effects. In the first chapter, Professors Morgan and Signorielli provide the overview to this method.

The second chapter talks about how divergent psychological processes exist in the construction of social reality from mass communication sources. Professors Hawkins and Pingree explain that "the messages that lead to cultivation are aggregate patterns of action and characterization across many programs or even seasons of entertainment television."

Other chapters view media influence as other factors enter the mix. This is a useful book for looking more realistically at how audiences are affected by media because its perspective is long range.

A fasinating book that, unfortunately, needs to be updated, however, the statistics are startling. An excellent basis for the belief of a conspiracy against the food suppliment industry.A must read for those who are looking for a quick fix, or have family or friends that pop a pill for everything that ails them. A wonderful inside look at the bedroom relationship between drug manufacturers and the government.

As this book was published in 1981 some of the technologies it examines as new developments are now commonplace. Also because of its age, many of the recent hot topics in this field - cloning espically - are not covered, or only briefly discussed as a faraway possibility. If you are reading this with the current science in mind, this can be a bit frustrating. The writing is very much the writing of scientists, and can be a bit dry to the average reader. (For more up-to-date and colorful analysis of these situations, try Barbara Katz Rothman.) However the issues raised in this book are still important and interesting. That the questions the women at this confernce were pondering have not been answered twenty years later speaks volumes for the complex and confusing issues regarding these technologies.

This book is a comprehensive collection of in-depth reviews on each cytochrome P450 family, with metabolic and toxicologic implications. The book starts with a historical perspective and provides anecdotes describing the identification of this superfamily of enzymes and the elucidation of their functions. This is followed by a didactic, rigorous discussion of the chemistry of P450-mediated reactions that elucidates the complex nature of biotransformations catalyzed by these enzymes -- a must-read chapter for graduate students and researchers with an interest in the mechanistic aspects of oxidative drug metabolism. The book devotes a chapter to each family of P450 enzymes. These chapters are multi-faceted with respect to their scope and intent. There is a good balance of genetics, biochemistry, clinical pharmacology, and toxicology, which makes it useful and interesting for readers with diverse backgrounds. For readers with an interest in the relatively new and fairly intimidating field of computational P450 active site modeling, the chapter on molecular modeling will be a good starting point. This book served as an important source of information for me during my graduate research that was focused on the P450 superfamily. Although the primary focus of my research has been on human P450 enzymes, reading this book has allowed me to appreciate the diversity of this superfamily of enzymes throughout the phylogenetic spectrum and has helped me understand the differences and similarities in xenobiotic metabolism between the various species that are used in drug discovery and development. Research in the field of P450-mediated metabolism is in its exponential growth phase, given the increasing application of molecular genetic methods and computational xenobiotic-protein interaction models. A newer edition of this book will thus be a welcome contribution to the scientific community for the new millennium.

Definitely, a great book. Besides the theory, it incorporates MATLAB files for demosntrating the concepts. The authors are definitely masters on the topics. The DAFX conferences' papers, which could be donwloaded from their web sites help to dive deep into the subject. Unfortunately it doesn't give enough coverage to some topics, rather gives a lot of resources (papers, books) where to look for more concise information. Without additional information and knowledge you could not implement any of those awesome effects.

This book should be included with any bibliography for better insight into the nuclear situation in North Korea. Cimbala offers asture analysis of conflict and nuclear issues.