A Companion to the History of the Middle East

by Choueiri, Youssef M.

• ISBN13: 9781405183796
• ISBN10: 1405183799
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-02
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A Companion to the History of the Middle East offers a fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of this region. A fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of the Middle East. Comprises 26 newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars. Primarily focused on the modern and contemporary periods. Covers religious, social, cultural, economic, political and military history. Treats the region as four differentiated political units - Iran, Turkey, Israel and the Arab world. Includes a section on current issues, such as oil, urban growth, the role of women, and democratic human rights.

Author Biography

Youssef M. Choueiri is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Manchester. He has lectured on Middle Eastern history in the US and Australia, as well as in the UK. His previous publications include Islamic Fundamentalism (1997), Arab Nationalism (Blackwell Publishing, 2000), and Modern Arab Historiography (2003).

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Maps

Notes on Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Formative Period of Islam

The Rise of Islam

The Islamic Conquests

The Caliphate

Cultural Traditions and Social Structure

The 'Ulama': Status and Function

Shi'ism

Historiography of Sufi Studies in the West

Imperial Structures and Dynastic Rule

Military Patronage States and the Political Economy of the Frontier, 1000-1250

The Mamluk Institution

North Africa: State and Society

A New Middle Eastern System

Ottoman and Safavid: States, Statecraft, and Societies, 1500-1800

Urban Life and Middle Eastern Cities: The Traditional Arab City

The Middle East and the New World Order

A Different Balance of Power: European Expansion and Local Responses

Colonialism, the Ottomas, the Qajars and the Struggle for Independence: The Rab World, Turkey, and Iran

Independence and Nation Building

Zionism and the Palestine Question

Nationalisms in the Middle East: The case of Pan-Arabism

Turkish and Iranian Nationalisms

Political Parties and Trade Unions

Political Life and the Military

Political Economy: From Modernization to Globalisation

Modern Issues and Contemporary Challenges

Islamic Urbanism, Urbanites, and the Middle East City

Oil and Development

Modernizing Women in the Middle East

Politics and Religion

Ethnonational Minorities in the Middle East: Berbers, Kurds, and Palestinians

Civil Society in the Middle East

The States-System in the Middle East: Origins, Development, and Prospects

Bibliography

Index

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