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.

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Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad. Alissa Walter. Stanford University Press, 2025.

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Alissa Walter, Associate Professor of History, Seattle Pacific University

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