The Middle East and Islamic World Reader“The many facets of Middle Eastern history and politics are admirably represented in this far-ranging anthology” (Publishers Weekly). In this insightful anthology, historians Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar have assembled a broad selection of documents and contemporary scholarship to give a view of the history of the peoples from the core Islamic lands, from the Golden Age of Islam to today. With carefully framed essays beginning each chapter and brief introductory notes accompanying over seventy readings, the anthology reveals the multifaceted societies and political systems of the Islamic world. Selections range from theological texts illuminating the differences between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, to diplomatic exchanges and state papers, to memoirs and literary works, to manifestos of Islamic radicals. This newly revised and expanded edition covers the dramatic changes in the region since 2005, and the popular uprisings that swept from Tunisia in January 2011 through Egypt, Libya, and beyond. The Middle East and Islamic World Reader is a fascinating historical survey of complex societies that—now more than ever—are crucial for us to understand. “Ambitious . . . A timely work, it focuses mainly on sociopolitical texts dating from the rise of Islam to the debates concerning U.S. foreign policy in the post-9/11 world.” —Choice |
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Contents
Abd alRahman ibn Khaldun Effective Rule | |
Shah Abbas and Emperor Jahangir Debate | |
CONTRADICTIONS OF MODERNITY | |
Decrees from the Ottoman Tanzimat | |
THE TWO WORLD WARS AND THEIR | |
U S Presidential Policies 19472002 | |
IDEOLOGIES MOVEMENTS AND SOCIAL | |
Early Ideologues of Islamic Radicalism | |
Modern Islamic Radicalism | |
911 TERRORISM AND WARS ARAB CITIZENS | |
The Threat of Osama bin Laden and American Responses | |
The Policy Debate | |
President Obamas Vision for New Beginnings | |
Conflicting Promises During World War I | |
Vahakn N Dadrian The Fate of the Armenians in World War I | |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Divide India Create Pakistan | |
ARABS AND ZIONISTS STRUGGLE OVER | |
Zionism and its Early Arab Opponents | |
The Creation of the State of Israel | |
Out of Despair Revived Nationalism | |
GEOPOLITICS OF OIL AND THE COLD | |
WikiLeaks | |
The West and Islam | |
Epilogue | |
Glossary | |
Select Bibliography | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Middle East and Islamic World Reader |
| Editors | Marvin E. Gettleman, Stuart Schaar |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, 2012 |
| ISBN | 0802194524, 9780802194527 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Islam / General |
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