A Companion to the History of the Middle East

Copyright © 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to the History of the Middle East

Editor(s): Youssef M. Choueiri

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9781405106818

Online ISBN: 9780470996423

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996423

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A Companion to the History of the Middle East offers a fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of this region.

  • A fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of the Middle East
  • Comprises 26 newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars
  • Primarily focused on the modern and contemporary periods
  • Covers religious, social, cultural, economic, political and military history
  • Treats the region as four differentiated political units - Iran, Turkey, Israel and the Arab world
  • Includes a section on current issues, such as oil, urban growth, the role of women, and democratic human rights

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xvii)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–5)

      Youssef M. Choueiri

  3. Part I: The Formative Period of Islam

    1. Chapter 1

      The Rise of Islam (pages 9–27)

      Gerald R. Hawting

    2. Chapter 2

      The Islamic Conquests (pages 28–51)

      Fred M. Donner

    3. Chapter 3

      The Caliphate (pages 52–67)

      Hugh Kennedy

  4. Part II: Cultural Traditions and Social Structure

    1. Chapter 4

      The ‘Ulama’: Status and Function (pages 71–86)

      Zouhair Ghazzal

    2. Chapter 5

      Shī'ism (pages 87–105)

      Robert Gleave

    3. Chapter 6

      Historiography of Sufi Studies in the West (pages 106–131)

      Alexander Knysh

  5. Part III: Imperial Structures and Dynastic Rule

    1. Chapter 7

      Military Patronage States and the Political Economy of the Frontier, 1000–1250 (pages 135–153)

      Michael Chamberlain

    2. Chapter 8

      The Mamluk Institution (pages 154–169)

      P. M. Holt

    3. Chapter 9

      North Africa: State and Society, 1056–1659 (pages 170–188)

      Michael Brett

  6. Part IV: A New Middle Eastern System

    1. Chapter 10

      Ottomans and Safavids: States, Statecraft, and Societies, 1500–1800 (pages 191–206)

      Metin Kunt

    2. Chapter 11

      Urban Life and Middle Eastern Cities: The Traditional Arab City (pages 207–226)

      André Raymond

  7. Part V: The Middle East and the New World Order

    1. Chapter 12

      A Different Balance of Power: Europe and the Middle East in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (pages 229–247)

      Abdul-Karim Rafeq

    2. Chapter 13

      Colonialism, the Ottomans, the Qajars, and the Struggle for Independence: The Arab World, Turkey, and Iran (pages 248–265)

      Peter Sluglett

  8. Part VI: Independence and Nation Building

    1. Chapter 14

      Zionism and the Palestine Question (pages 269–290)

      Emma C. Murphy

    2. Chapter 15

      Nationalisms in the Middle East: The Case of Pan-Arabism (pages 291–312)

      Youssef M. Choueiri

    3. Chapter 16

      Turkish and Iranian Nationalisms (pages 313–333)

      Ioannis N. Grigoriadis and Ali M. Ansari

    4. Chapter 17

      Political Parties and Trade Unions (pages 334–354)

      Raymond Hinnebusch

    5. Chapter 18

      Political Life and the Military (pages 355–371)

      Gareth Stansfield

    6. Chapter 19

      Political Economy: From Modernization to Globalization (pages 372–389)

      Simon Murden

  9. Part VII: Modern Issues and Contemporary Challenges

    1. Chapter 20

      Islamic Urbanism, Urbanites, and the Middle Eastern City (pages 393–406)

      Michael E. Bonine

    2. Chapter 21

      Oil and Development (pages 407–424)

      Paul Stevens

    3. Chapter 22

      Modernizing Women in the Middle East (pages 425–443)

      Valentine M. Moghadam

    4. Chapter 23

      Politics and Religion (pages 444–461)

      Beverley Milton-Edwards

    5. Chapter 24

      Ethnonational Minorities in the Middle East: Berbers, Kurds, and Palestinians (pages 462–485)

      Lise Storm

    6. Chapter 25

      Civil Society in the Middle East (pages 486–503)

      Tim Niblock

    7. Chapter 26

      The States-system in the Middle East: Origins, Development, and Prospects (pages 504–533)

      Simon Bromley

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      Bibliography (pages 534–581)

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      Index (pages 582–602)

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