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The Middle East and Islamic world reader / edited by Marvin Gettleman and Stuart Schaar.
Publication details: New York, NY : Grove Press, ©2012.Edition: Rev. and expanded edDescription: xi, 411 pages : maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780802145772
- 0802145779
- DS44 .M523 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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | DS44 .M523 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | C20032819 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-397) and index.
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.
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