The Formation and Perception of the Modern Arab World: Studies [Hardcover]

Lawrence I. Conrad Marwan R. Buheiry (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0878500642 | ISBN-13: 978-0878500642 | Publication Date: November 1, 1989

This volume -- an indispensable contribution to an understanding of contemporary Arab history -- comprises twenty-seven important studies by the eminent Lebanese historian Marwan R Buheiry, who died in London in 1986. In the course of his distinguished career at the American University of Beirut, he published many studies on the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the modern Arab world, in particular of Lebanon and the Arab East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The studies published in this volume revolve around four main themes: European Perceptions of the Orient; The Superpowers and the Arab World; The Economic History of the Middle East; Middle Eastern Intellectual and Artistic History. Many of these studies were first published in French or Arabic translation, this volume publishes the original English text and includes much previously unpublished material. The final chapter includes a selection of 49 photographs from Buheiry's photograph collection.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 624 pages
• Publisher: Darwin Pr (November 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878500642
• ISBN-13: 978-0878500642
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,250,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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