Histories of the Modern Middle East: New Directions

by Gershoni, Israel

• ISBN13: 9781588260499
• ISBN10: 1588260496
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-30
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Doing History: Modern Middle Eastern Studies Today	1	(20)
Israel Gershoni
Ursula Wokock
Part 1 New Dimensions of Modernizing Processes
The Great Ottoman Debasement, 1808-1844: A Political Economy Framework	21	(16)
Sevket Pamuk
A Prelude to Ottoman Reform: Ibn 'Abidin on Custom and Legal Change	37	(26)
Wael B. Hallaq
The Damascus Affair and the Beginnings of France's Empire in the Middle East	63	(12)
Mary C. Wilson
The Gender of Modernity: Reflections from Iranian Historiography	75	(20)
Afsaneh Najmabadi
Part 2 Globalization Then and Now
From Liberalism to Liberal Imperialism: Lord Cromer and the First Wave of Globalization in Egypt	95	(18)
Roger Owen
Late Capitalism and the Reformation of the Working Classes in the Middle East	113	(24)
Joel Beinin
Part 3 Recovering Lost Voices in the Age of Colonialism
Exploring the Field: Lost Voices and Emerging Practices in Egypt, 1882-1914	137	(18)
Zachary Lockman
Slaves or Siblings? Abdallah al-Nadim's Dialogues About the Family	155	(12)
Eve M. Troutt Powell
Shaikh al-Ra'is and Sultan Abdulhamid II: The Iranian Dimension of Pan-Islam	167	(22)
Juan R. I. Cole
Part 4 Constructing Identities, Defining Nations
Recruitment for the ``Victorious Soldiers of Muhammad'' in the Arab Provinces, 1826-1828	189	(18)
Hakan Erdem
The Politics of History and Memory: A Multidimensional Analysis of the Lausanne Peace Conference, 1922-1923	207	(22)
Fatma Muge Gocek
Arab Society in Mandatory Palestine: The Half-Full Glass	229	(18)
Rashid Khalidi
Manly Men on a National Stage (and the Women Who Make Them Stars)	247	(32)
Walter Armbrust
Part 5 Conclusion
The Return of the Concrete?	279	(8)
Israel Gershoni
Ursula Wokock
Glossary	287	(2)
Bibliography	289	(22)
The Contributors	311	(4)
Index	315	(10)
About the Book	325