Position: A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Field: Middle East, Specialty: Economic and political history of the Middle East since 1800; Theories of imperialism including military occupations. Selected Publications: Lord Cromer: Victorian Imperialist: Edwardian Proconsul Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press (2004), State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East revised version (2004), A History of the Middle East Economies in the 20th Century with Sevket Pamuk (1999), The Middle East in the World Economy 1800-1914 (1981).