New Books: Contested City

21/08/2025 41 min Temporada 4 Episodio 6
New Books: Contested City

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Featuring Alissa Walter, author of Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad published in 2025 by Stanford University Press. Contested City charts the political history of modern Baghdad and how residents navigated and negotiated with the state through periods of economic growth, war, and sanctions.Get the book!Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad. Alissa Walter. Stanford University Press, 2025.GuestAlissa Walter, Associate Professor of History, Seattle Pacific University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.