| Description |
xvii, 602 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to world history |
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Blackwell companions to world history.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Youseff M. Choueiri -- The formative period of Islam -- The rise of Islam / G. R. Hawting -- The Islamic conquests / Fred M. Donner -- The caliphate / Hugh Kennedy -- Cultural traditions and social structure -- The 'ulama' -- Function and status / Zouhair Ghazzal -- Shi'ism / Robert Gleave -- Historiography of Sufi studies in the West / Alexander Knysh -- Imperial structures and dynastic rule -- Military patronage states and the political economy of the frontier, 1000-50 / Michael Chamberlain -- The Mamluk institution / P. M. Holt -- State and society in North Africa / Michael Brett -- A new Middle Eastern system -- Ottoman and Safavid statecraft / Metin Kunt -- Urban life and Middle Eastern cities: the traditional Arab city / Andr ĚŚRaymond, translated James Mcdougall -- The Middle East and the new world order -- A different balance of power -- European expansionism and local responses / Abdul-Karim Rafeq -- Colonialism, the Qajars and the Ottomans: the struggle for independence / Peter Sluglett -- Independence and nation building -- Zionism and the Palestine question / Emma C. Murphy -- Middle Eastern nationalisms -- Pan-Arabism / Youssef M. Choueiri -- Iranian and Turkish nationalisms / Ioannis N. Grigoriadis and A. M. Ansari -- Political parties and trade unions / Raymond Hinnebusch -- Political lives and the military / Gareth Stansfield -- Political economy -- From modernisation to globalisation / Simon Murden -- Modern issues and contemporary challenges -- Islamic urbanism, urbanites and the Middle East city / Michael E. Bonine -- Oil and development / Paul Stevens -- Modernizing women in the Middle East / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Politics and religion / Beverley Milton-Edwards -- Ethno-national minorities in the Middle East -- Berbers, Kurds and Palestinians / Lise Storm -- Democracy and civil society / Tim Niblock -- The states-system in the Middle East -- Origins, developments, and prospects / Simon Bromley.- One-room |
| Summary |
"Comprising 26 newly commissioned essays by leading international scholars, the Companion treats the Middle East as four differentiated political units: Iran, Turkey, Israel, and the Arab world. While focused primarily on the modern and contemporary periods, it also includes a number of chapters on classical and pre-modern themes. Topics are situated within a chronological framework and include the rise of Islam, the militarization of Islam under a wide variety of dynasties, the commercial and industrial revolutions, colonial rule, and the struggle for independence." "A final section highlights issues that have preoccupied historians in the second half of the twentieth century, and are most likely to gain momentum well into the twenty-first. These range from oil and urban growth to the role of women and democratic human rights."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2005 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [534]-581) and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by scubscription to Blackwell Reference Online |
| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090506
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| Author |
Choueiri, Youssef M., 1948-
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| LC no. |
2005002132 |
| ISBN |
1405106816 (hardback) |
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9781405106818 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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