Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East
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Book Overview
Until the 1993 first edition of this book, one thing had been missing in Middle Eastern history-depiction of the lives of ordinary Middle Eastern men and women, peasants, villagers, pastoralists, and urbanites. Now updated and revised, the second edition has added six new portraits of individuals set in the contemporary period. It features twenty-four brief biographies drawn from throughout the Middle East-from Morocco to Afghanistan-in which the reader is provided with vantage points from which to understand modern Middle Eastern history "from the bottom up." Spanning the past 160-plus years and reflecting important transformations, these stories challenge elite-centered accounts of what has occurred in the Middle East and illuminate the previously hidden corners of a largely unrecorded world.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520246616
ISBN13:9780520246614
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:444 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
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Serious Stuff
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
A very good book, but strictly for the serious student of the Middle East because the author utilizes too much historic and political background in the sketches. The references within each profile are difficult to understand and to appreiate by the casual reader.
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