The Middle East and Islamic World Reader: An Historical Reader for the 21st Century - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802145779 ISBN 13: 9780802145772

Publisher: Grove Press, 2012

Synopsis

In this insightful anthology, historians Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar have assembled a broad selection of documents and contemporary scholarship to give a view of the history of the peoples from the core Islamic lands, from the Golden Age of Islam to today.

With carefully framed essays beginning each chapter and brief introductory notes accompanying over seventy readings, the anthology reveals the multifaceted societies and political systems of the Islamic world. Selections range from theological texts illuminating the differences between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, to diplomatic exchanges and state papers, to memoirs and literary works, to manifestos of Islamic radicals.

This newly revised and expanded edition covers the dramatic changes in the region since 2005, and the popular uprisings that swept from Tunisia in January 2011 through Egypt, Libya, and beyond. The Middle East and Islamic World Reader is a fascinating historical survey of complex societies that—now more than ever—are crucial for us to understand.

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About the Author

Marvin E. Gettleman is the coeditor of the best-selling anthology Vietnam and America. He is emeritus professor of history at Brooklyn Polytechnic University. Stuart Schaar is Professor Emeritus of Middle East and North African History at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802145779
• ISBN 13: 9780802145772
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Gettleman Marvin E., Schaar Stuart