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Modern Middle East : A History by James L. Gelvin (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199766053
ISBN-139780199766055
eBay Product ID (ePID)102848734
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameModern Middle East : a History
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTheology, General, World / Middle Eastern, Religion, Politics & State, Middle East / General
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorJames L. Gelvin
Subject AreaReligion, Political Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight42.3 Oz
Item Length6.1 in
Item Width9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2011-002590
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Gelvin evokes a fascinating tale of the intersection of the forces of progress, reformation, revolution and imperialism that have collectively defined the modern Middle East. His cogent and crisply written history now sets the standard for serious surveys of the region."--Ussama Makdisi, Rice University"By far the most engaging survey of the modern Middle East that I have read in a long time. . . . clearly written, often humorous, accessible to students and non-specialists and theoretically sophisticated."--Dina Rizk Khoury, George Washington University"An important and much-needed conceptual approach to the modern history of the Middle East."--Edmund "Terry" Burke III, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Gelvin evokes a fascinating tale of the intersection of the forces of progress, reformation, revolution and imperialism that have collectively defined the modern Middle East. His cogent and crisply written history now sets the standard for serious surveys of the region."--Ussama Makdisi, Rice University "By far the most engaging survey of the modern Middle East that I have read in a long time. . . . clearly written, often humorous, accessible to students and non-specialists and theoretically sophisticated."--Dina Rizk Khoury, George Washington University "An important and much-needed conceptual approach to the modern history of the Middle East."--Edmund "Terry" Burke III, University of California, Santa Cruz
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal956
Table Of ContentVignettes and MapsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction: 9/11 in Historical PerspectivePart I: The Advent of the Modern Age1. From Late Antiquity to the Dawn of a New Age2. Gunpowder Empires3. The Middle East and the Modern World System4. War, Diplomacy, and the New Global Balance of PowerDocuments:Evliya Chelebi: SeyahatanameDraft Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the Ottoman Empire and France, February 1535The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies (1)The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies (2)Suggested ReadingsPart II: The Question of Modernity6. Defensive Developmentalism7. ImperialismWasif Jawhariyyeh and the Great Nineteenth-Century TransformationPhoto Essay: The Great Transformation8. The Life of the Mind9. Secularism and Modernity10. ConstitutionalismDocuments:Commercial Convention (Balta Liman): Britain and the Ottoman EmpireThe Hatt-i Sharif of GulhaneThe Islahat FermaniThe d'Arcy Oil ConcessionAlgeria: Poetry of LossHuda Shaarawi: A New Mentor and Her Salon for WomenRifa"a Raf" al-Tahtawi: The Extraction of Gold or an Overview of ParisMuhammad "Abduh: The Theology of UnityNamik Kemal: Extract from the Journal HurriyetThe Supplementary Fundamental Laws of 7 October 1907Suggested ReadingsPart III: World War I and the Middle East State System11. State-Building by Decree12. State-Building by Revolution and Conquest13. The Introduction and Spread of Nationalism14. The Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian DisputeDocuments:Resolution of the Syrian General Congress at Damascus, 2 July 1919Theodor Herzl: A Solution of the Jewish QuestionThe Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917Mahmud Darwish: Eleven Planets in the Last Andalusian SkySuggested ReadingsPart IV: The Contemporary Era15. State and Society in the Contemporary Middle East: An Old/New Relationship??16. Oil17. The United States and the Middle East18. Israel, the Arab States, and the Palestinians19. The Iranian Revolution20. Political IslamConclusion: The Middle East in the "Age of Globalization"Documents:Speech Delivered by President Gamal "Abd al-Nasser at Port Said on the Occasion of Victory Day on 23 December 1961Zakaria Tamer: Tigers on the Tenth DayU.N. Security Council Resolution 242"Ali Shari"ati: The Philosophy of History: The Story of Cain and AbelAyatollah Khomeini: Islamic GovernmentSayyid Qutb: MilestonesSuggested ReadingsTimelineBiographical SketchesGlossaryCreditsIndex
SynopsisNewly revised and updated for the second decade of the twenty-first century, the third edition of The Modern Middle East: A History explores how the forces associated with global modernity have shaped the social, economic, cultural, and political life in the region over the course of the past 500 years. Beginning with the first glimmerings of the current international state and economic systems in the sixteenth century, this book examines the impact of imperial and imperialist legacies, the great nineteenth-century transformation, cultural continuities and upheavals, international diplomacy, economic booms and busts, the emergence of authoritarian regimes, and the current challenges to those regimes on everyday life in an area of vital concern to us all. Engagingly written, drawing from the author's own research and other studies, and stocked with maps and photographs, original documents, and an abundance of supplementary materials, The Modern Middle East: A History , Third Edition, will provide both novices and specialists with fresh insights into the events that have shaped history and the debates about them that have absorbed historians., Newly revised and updated for the second decade of the twenty-first century, the third edition of The Modern Middle East: A History explores how the forces associated with global modernity have shaped the social, economic, cultural, and political life in the region over the course of the past 500 years. Beginning with the first glimmerings of the current international state and economic systems in the sixteenth century, this book examines the impact of imperial and imperialist legacies, the great nineteenth-century transformation, cultural continuities and upheavals, international diplomacy, economic booms and busts, the emergence of authoritarian regimes, and the current challenges to those regimes on everyday life in an area of vital concern to us all. Engagingly written, drawing from the author's own research and other studies, and stocked with maps and photographs, original documents, and an abundance of supplementary materials, The Modern Middle East: A History, Third Edition, will provide both novices and specialists with fresh insights into the events that have shaped history and the debates about them that have absorbed historians., Newly revised and updated for the second decade of the twenty-first century, the third edition of The Modern Middle East: A History explores how the forces associated with global modernity have shaped the social, economic, cultural, and political life in the region over the course of the past 500 years. Beginning with the first glimmerings of the current international state and economic systems in the sixteenth century, this book examines the impact of imperial and imperialist legacies, the great nineteenth-century transformation, cultural continuities and upheavals, international diplomacy, economic booms and busts, the emergence of authoritarian regimes, and the current challenges to those regimes on everyday life in an area of vital concern to us all.Engagingly written, drawing from the author's own research and other studies, and stocked with maps and photographs, original documents, and an abundance of supplementary materials, The Modern Middle East: A History, Third Edition, will provide both novices and specialists with fresh insights into the events that have shaped history and the debates about them that have absorbed historians., Newly revised and updated for the second decade of the twenty-first century, the third edition of The Modern Middle East: A History explores how the forces associated with global modernity have shaped the social, economic, cultural, and political life in the region over the course of the past 500 years. Beginning with the first glimmerings of the current international state and economic systems in the sixteenth century, this book examines the impact of imperial and imperialist legacies, the great nineteenth-century transformation, cultural continuities and upheavals, international diplomacy, economic booms and busts, the emergence of authoritarian regimes, and the current challenges to those regimes on everyday life in an area of vital concern to us all.
LC Classification NumberDS62.4.G37 2011
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- 11 Feb, 2021
Understanding the Middle East today from its history.
A clearly written discussion on the history of the Middle East.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
