The Modern Middle East: A Reader

by Albert Hourani

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This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. The book aims to meet the needs of a wide range of students. After a general introduction by Albert Hourani, the essays are arranged in four sections: reforming elites and changing relations with Europe 1789-1918; transformation in society and economy 1789-1918; imperialism and nationalism in the interwar period; and the Middle East since World War II. show more This revised edition contains a range of additional material on the history of the region since the 1990s. show less

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Albert Hourani was Emeritus Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford. He died in 1993

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Nonfiction, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
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956History & geographyHistory of AsiaMiddle East Asia: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
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DS62.4 .M63History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of AsiaMiddle East. Southwestern Asia. Ancient Orient.History
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