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The Middle East and Islamic world reader / edited by Marvin Gettleman and Stuart Schaar.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East.
- Islamic countries--Civilization.
- Islamic countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 411 pages) : maps.
- Edition:
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Grove Press, ©2012.
- Contents:
- Islamic beginnings: revelation, state building, and culture
- From the coming of steppe peoples to the age of gunpowder empires
- Contradictions of modernity: imperialism and social change
- The two world wars and their aftermaths
- Arabs and Zionists struggle over Palestine
- Geopolitics of oil and the Cold War conflict
- Ideologies, movements, and social trends
- 9/11: terrorism and wars, Arab citizens' revolt.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-397) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780802194527 (electronic bk.)
- 0802194524 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99996571565
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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