The Modern Middle East: A Reader - Softcover

Albert Hourani; Philip S. Khoury; Mary C. Wilson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860649637 ISBN 13: 9781860649639

Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. The book aims to meet the needs of a wide range of students. Among the areas covered are: relations with Europe and imperialism and nationalism, 1918-1939; Reforming elites and changing relations with Europe 1789-1918; Transformations in society and economy, 1789-1918; the construction of nationalist ideologies and politics up to the 1950s and the Middle East since the Second World War. This new, extremely revised edition contains a significant range of new material on the history of the region over the last ten years.

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Synopsis:

This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. The book aims to meet the needs of a wide range of students. After a general introduction by Albert Hourani, the essays are arranged in four sections: reforming elites and changing relations with Europe 1789-1918; transformation in society and economy 1789-1918; imperialism and nationalism in the interwar period; and the Middle East since World War II. This revised edition contains a range of additional material on the history of the region since the 1990s.

About the Author:

Albert Hourani (1915-1993) was Emeritus Fellow of St Antony s College, Oxford and Reader in the Modern History of the Middle East at the University of Oxford. His books include ' A History of the Arab Peoples'. Philip S. Khoury is Professor of History and Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at MIT. His books include Syria and the French Mandate. Mary C. Wilson is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is the author of King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan.

About this edition

• Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1860649637
• ISBN 13: 9781860649639
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 696