Bibliograph

The Modern Middle East, a history, James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles

Type

Label

The Modern Middle East, a history, James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Modern Middle East

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1136969487

Responsibility statement

James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles

Sub title

a history

Summary

"The Modern Middle East: A History explores how the forces associated with global modernity have shaped the social, economic, cultural, and political life in the Middle East over the course of the past 500 years" --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

From Late Antiquity to the Dawn of a New Age -- Gunpowder Empires -- The Middle East and the Modern World System -- War, Diplomacy, and the New Global Balance of Power -- Defensive Developmentalism -- Imperialism -- Wasif Jawhariyyeh and the Great Nineteenth-Century Transformation -- The Life of the Mind -- Secularism and Modernity -- Constitutionalism -- State-Building by Decree -- State-Building by Revolution and Conquest -- The Invention and Spread of Nationalisms -- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- The Autocratic State -- Oil -- The United States and the Middle East -- Resistance -- Conclusion : a New Middle East?

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