A History of the Arab Peoples - Softcover

Hourani, Albert

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9780571215911: A History of the Arab Peoples

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ISBN 10: 0571215912 ISBN 13: 9780571215911

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2002

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A History of the Arab Peoples covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought, in a work of profound and lasting importance. A distillation of the late Albert Hourani's lifetime of scholarship, it was a best-seller on first publication in 1991. This edition, updated by Malise Ruthven, includes such recent events as the on-going crisis in Iraq, the civil war in Algeria and the aftermath of September 11th.

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'A masterly summation of the Arab peoples... It is difficult to overestimate the signal importance of this book for this time. Here at last is a genuinely readable, genuinely responsive history of the Arabs.' Edward Said 'If anyone wants to understand the tangled web of likes and dislikes of each other among the Arab peoples or the pull of fundamentalism, here is the place to find it.' David Holloway, Sunday Telegraph 'A splendid achievement... Written with just the right mix of empathy and sensitivity, and a feel for the irony of human history. This is history in the grand style.' New York Times

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'Here at last is a genuinely readable, genuinely responsive history of the Arabs.' Edward Said

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