| Description |
xiii, 239 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Culture and civilization in the Middle East |
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Culture and civilisation in the Middle East.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Pioneers and amateurs 1820-1920. 1. Patriotic intellectuals and enlightened patrons: al-Tahtawi and the Egyptian identity. 2. Two histories of Syria. 3. New identities and imperial vistas -- Pt. II. The professional historians: managers of legitimation 1920-1980. 4. Muhammad 'Ali and the Sphinx: Shafiq Ghurbal's histories of Egypt. 5. Kamal Salibi and the history of Lebanon: the making of a nation? 6. The panacea of historicism: Abdallah Laroui and Morocco's cultural retardation -- App. A. History books translated under the supervision of al-Tahtawi -- App. B. Muhammad al-Alfi's visit to London and the British press |
| Summary |
"This book discusses the development of modern Arab historiography and its study of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, and analyses the work of three contemporary Arab historians from Egypt, the Lebanon and Morocco. An important and highly readable account, it reaffirms the importance of historiography and proposes a revision of the manner in which modern Arab thought has hitherto been classified and interpreted."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published: Arab history and the nation-state. London ; New York : Routledge, 1989 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Historiography -- Arab countries.
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Nationalism -- Arab countries.
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| SUBJECT |
Arab countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006278 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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| Author |
Choueiri, Youssef M., 1948-
Arab history and the nation-state
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| LC no. |
2002068257 |
| ISBN |
0700716505 paperback |
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0700716025 hardback |
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