A History Of The Modern Middle East - Softcover

Cleveland, William L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813334896 ISBN 13: 9780813334899

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

This comprehensive work provides a penetrating analysis of modern Middle Eastern history, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the Iranian Revolution and the Gulf War. After introducing the reader to the region's history from the origins of Islam in the seventh century, Cleveland focuses on the past two centuries of profound and often dramatic change. While built around a framework of political history, the book also carefully integrates social, cultural, and economic developments into a single, carefully crafted account. The revised and updated second edition of this benchmark text includes information on the Middle East since the close of the Cold War, and a new section on civil society and Islamic politics in the 1990s.

About this title

About the Author:

William Cleveland is professor of history at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Vancouver, British Columbia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0813334896
• ISBN 13: 9780813334899
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608