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Author:

Gelvin, James L., 1951- author.

Title:

The modern Middle East : a history / James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles.

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xii, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Nationalism--Middle East--History.
Secularism--Middle East--History.
Islam and politics--Middle East--History.
Middle East--History.
Middle East--Politics and government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

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.

ISBN:

019007406X
9780190074067

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1122689432

LCCN:

2019044342

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)