This reader brings together key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the best-known specialists in the field. Covering two centuries of change, from 1789 to the present day, the selection is carefully designed for students and is the only text of its kind available. Fully updated with two new chapters to take into account recent world events, this book remains of great use to all those with a general interest in the Middle East.
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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 Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include Urban Notables and Arab Nationalism (1983) and Syria and the French Mandate (1987), and Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East (1990).
Mary C. Wilson is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is author of King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan (1987).
Philip S. Khoury is Professor of History and Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include Urban Notables and Arab Nationalism (1983) and Syria and the French Mandate (1987), and Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East (1990).
Mary C. Wilson is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is author of King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan (1987).
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A fine collection, but somewhat dated,
This review is from: The Modern Middle East: Revised Edition (Paperback)
This volume represents the revised edition of an old standby of courses on the Modern Middle East and offers a selection of important articles on an array of topics, ranging from Muslim - Non-Muslim relations in the Nineteenth Century Ottoman Empire to women's labor to pan-Arabism and political Islam. Most of the articles are very strong and I continue to use many of them when I teach Middle Eastern History. The revised edition, however, hasn't changed tremendously from the original, Oxford edition, published in 1993. Articles on the Middle East since World War II have been added and this is certainly welcome. A more thorough change would have been desirable, however. Many of these articles, some twenty or more years old, seem decidedly dated and recent scholarship has revised many of their findings. Others, like David McDowall's "Dilemmas of the Jewish State" have been overcome by events and either a revised or a different article on the same issue would have been helpful.
In short, this is a useful volume as a classroom supplement to standard textbooks. A broader revision for its new publication would have made it considerably stronger and more valuable.
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The study of the modern Middle East, by scholars trained in the concepts and methods of modern historiography and using them in order to throw light upon their subject, has existed for some thirty or forty years, but it is only in the last few years that there has emerged-in North America and Europe, as well as in the region itself-a critical mass of scholars and students large enough to ensure that the study is carried on at a high level. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
athar land, ulemá corps, iltizam land, ulemá leadership, rentier model, great mujtahids, gender sharing, nationalist chiefs, recherche architecturale, miri land, first majlis, secularizing reforms, tramway workers, village shaykh, notable leadership, tram workers, military impressment, waqf land, urban notables, tanzimat period, demographic centre, popular quarters, land regime, state patriotism, des consuls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle East, Said Bey, World War, Saudi Arabia, New York, Muhammad Ali, National Bloc, Great Britain, Palestinian Arab, Suez Canal, United States, Young Turks, Arab League, Great Revolt, Arab Legion, Upper Egypt, Agricultural Policy, Jerusalem Post International, Ben Gurion, Lower Egypt, Despatch of Austr, Mustafa Kemal, Rashid Rida, Foreign Office, French Revolution New!
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The study of the modern Middle East, by scholars trained in the concepts and methods of modern historiography and using them in order to throw light upon their subject, has existed for some thirty or forty years, but it is only in the last few years that there has emerged-in North America and Europe, as well as in the region itself-a critical mass of scholars and students large enough to ensure that the study is carried on at a high level. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
athar land, ulemá corps, iltizam land, ulemá leadership, rentier model, great mujtahids, gender sharing, nationalist chiefs, recherche architecturale, miri land, first majlis, secularizing reforms, tramway workers, village shaykh, notable leadership, tram workers, military impressment, waqf land, urban notables, tanzimat period, demographic centre, popular quarters, land regime, state patriotism, des consuls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle East, Said Bey, World War, Saudi Arabia, New York, Muhammad Ali, National Bloc, Great Britain, Palestinian Arab, Suez Canal, United States, Young Turks, Arab League, Great Revolt, Arab Legion, Upper Egypt, Agricultural Policy, Jerusalem Post International, Ben Gurion, Lower Egypt, Despatch of Austr, Mustafa Kemal, Rashid Rida, Foreign Office, French Revolution New!
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