Research Catalog

Title

A history of the modern Middle East / William L. Cleveland.

Author

Cleveland, William L.

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

xxi, 585 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"A History of the Modern Middle East provides a penetrating analysis of modern Middle Eastern history, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the Iranian Revolution and the Gulf War. After introducing the reader to the region's history from the origins of Islam in the seventh century, William Cleveland focuses on the past two centuries of profound and often dramatic change. While built around a framework of political history, the book also carefully integrates social, cultural, and economic developments into a single, carefully crafted account. This third edition places the developments of the 1990s in a new historical perspective and includes an examination of key events of the early twenty-first century. An epilogue offers a critical evaluation, from a historian's perspective, of the al-Qa'ida attacks of September 11th, 2001, and the early phases of the US occupation of Iraq."--Jacket.

Subject

• Since 1517
• Middle East > History > 1517-
• Middle East > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-554) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Eighteenth Century. 1. The Rise and Expansion of Islam. 2. The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Fifteenth Century. 3. The Ottoman and Safavid Empires: A New Imperial Synthesis -- pt. II. The Beginnings of the Era of Transformation. 4. Forging a New Synthesis: The Pattern of Reforms, 1789-1849. 5. The Ottoman Empire and Egypt During the Era of the Tanzimat. 6. Egypt and Iran in the Late Nineteenth Century. 7. The Response of Islamic Society. 8. The Era of the Young Turks and the Iranian Constitutionalists. 9. World War I and the End of the Ottoman Order -- pt. III. The Struggle for Independence: The Interwar Era to the End of World War II. 10. Authoritarian Reform in Turkey and Iran. 11. The Arab Struggle for Independence: Egypt, Iraq, and Transjordan from the Interwar Era to 1945. 12. The Arab Struggle for Independence: Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia from the Interwar Era to 1945.

ISBN

0813334896 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99036867^

OCLC

• 41886156
• SCSB-11530161

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library