William O. Beeman's Books

Originally published: Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2005. With new preface.

... excellent example... significant contribution... an important interdisciplinary work... " -- Middle East Journal "... an important contribution to aspects of Iranian social communication and interpersonal verbal behavior." -- Language By showing the reader the intricacies of face-to-face sociolinguistic interaction, William Beeman provides a key to understanding Iranian social and political life. Beeman's study in cross-cultural linguistics will clearly be a model for the study of different languages and cultures.

This series is a vehicle for texts generated through the experiences of writers, scholars, and artists who have been residents at the Getty Research Institute or involved in its programs.

Iraq is a nation that should never have been created, according to Beeman, who challenges the notion that this multiethnic state has an intrinsic integrity as a nation that could be preserved by American intervention. Conceived as a convenience to British colonial power following World War I, it was a nation with impossible difficulties from the start-nondefensible borders, disparate rivalrous ethnic and religious groups, and a resource that was essential for the colonial powers of the West-oil. The only way for this nation of Kurds, Shi'ites, and Sunni to hold itself together was through autocratic rule or colonial domination. Iraq has never coalesced into a true nation.

Originally published: Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2005. With new preface.

Book's by William O. Beeman

The Great Satan Vs. the Mad Mullahs

The Great Satan Vs. the Mad Mullahs

Language, Status, and Power in Iran

Language, Status, and Power in Iran

Object, Image, Inquiry

Object, Image, Inquiry

Iraq, a State in Search of a Nation

Iraq, a State in Search of a Nation

The Great Satan Vs. the Mad Mullahs

The Great Satan Vs. the Mad Mullahs

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