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Title Spies and holy wars [electronic resource] : the Middle East in 20th-century crime fiction / Reeva Spector Simon.

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Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	x, 212 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Crime fiction as political metaphor -- Spies and holy war : jihad and World War I -- Holy war and empire : Fu Manchu in Cairo -- The publishing explosion and James Bond -- Secular jihad : international terrorism and economic destabilization -- The American crusade against terror -- Jihad, the apocalypse, and back again.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Spy stories, English -- History and criticism.
	Spy stories, American -- History and criticism.
	Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
	Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
	Jihad in literature.
	Espionage in literature.
	Spies in literature.
	Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Middle East -- In literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780292723009 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780292784666 (electronic bk.)