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A History of the Arab Peoples / Albert Hourani

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: :Raghav Books Private Limited | :A-184 Nand Gram Ghaziabad Publication details: London :Faber, 2005.Description: 566p : maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780571288014
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.097 HOU
Contents:
Part I. The making of a world (seventh-tenth century). 1. A new power in an old world -- 2. The formation of an empire -- 3. The formation of a society -- 4. The articulation of Islam -- Part II. Arab Muslim societies (eleventh-fifteenth century). 5. The Arab Muslim world -- 6. The countryside -- 7. The life of cities -- 8. Cities and their rulers -- 9. Ways of Islam -- 10. The culture of the lama -- 11. Divergent paths of thought -- 12. The culture of courts and people -- Part III. The Ottoman age (sixteenth-eighteenth century). 13. The Ottoman empire -- 14. Ottoman societies -- 15. The changing balance of power in the eighteenth century -- Part IV. The age of European empires (1800-1939). 16. European power and reforming governments (1800-1860) -- 17. European empires and dominant elites (1860-1914) -- 18. The culture of imperialism and reform -- 19. The climax of European power (1914-1939) -- 20. Changing ways of life and thought (1914-1939) -- Part V. The age of nation-states (since 1939). 21. The end of the empires (1939-1962) -- 22. Changing societies (1940s and 1950s) -- 23. National culture (1940s and 1950s) -- 24. The climax of Arabism (1950s and 1960s) -- 25. Arab unity and disunity (since 1967) -- 26. A disturbance of spirits (since 1967).
Summary: Hourani covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought. This edition includes events such as the crisis in Iraq, the civil war in Algeria and the aftermath of September 11th.
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Part I. The making of a world (seventh-tenth century). 1. A new power in an old world --
2. The formation of an empire --
3. The formation of a society --
4. The articulation of Islam --
Part II. Arab Muslim societies (eleventh-fifteenth century). 5. The Arab Muslim world --
6. The countryside --
7. The life of cities --
8. Cities and their rulers --
9. Ways of Islam --
10. The culture of the lama --
11. Divergent paths of thought --
12. The culture of courts and people --
Part III. The Ottoman age (sixteenth-eighteenth century). 13. The Ottoman empire --
14. Ottoman societies --
15. The changing balance of power in the eighteenth century --
Part IV. The age of European empires (1800-1939). 16. European power and reforming governments (1800-1860) --
17. European empires and dominant elites (1860-1914) --
18. The culture of imperialism and reform --
19. The climax of European power (1914-1939) --
20. Changing ways of life and thought (1914-1939) --
Part V. The age of nation-states (since 1939). 21. The end of the empires (1939-1962) --
22. Changing societies (1940s and 1950s) --
23. National culture (1940s and 1950s) --
24. The climax of Arabism (1950s and 1960s) --
25. Arab unity and disunity (since 1967) --
26. A disturbance of spirits (since 1967).

Hourani covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought. This edition includes events such as the crisis in Iraq, the civil war in Algeria and the aftermath of September 11th.

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