Albert Hourani

Encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, this fascinating work chronicles the rich spiritual, political, and cultural institutions of Arab history through 13 centuries.

History of the Arab Peoples

الشرق الأوسط الحديث - المجلد الأول

الفكر العربي في عصر النهضة ١٧٩٨-١٩٣٩

الشرق الأوسط الحديث - المجلد الثاني

A explosiva situação do Oriente Médio, com os intermináveis conflitos entre israelenses, palestinos e seus vizinhos, a guerra Irã-Iraque, a guerra do Golfo, o fortalecimento do fundamentalismo islâmico - desde a Segunda Guerra, os árabes estão no centro das questões mais turbulentas de nossa época. No entanto, deles e de sua história sabemos muito pouco. É esta lacuna que 'Uma história dos povos árabes' vem sanar.

Uma história dos povos árabes

História dos Povos Árabes

da Maometto ai nostri giorni

Storia dei popoli arabi

الإسلام في الفكر الأوروبي

Encompasses twelve centuries of Arab history and culture while including contemporary conflicts and issues.

A History of the Arab Peoples

Philip S. Khoury

Mary C. Wilson

This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. The book aims to meet the needs of a wide range of students. After a general introduction by Albert Hourani, the essays are arranged in four sections: reforming elites and changing relations with Europe 1789-1918; transformation in society and economy 1789-1918; imperialism and nationalism in the interwar period; and the Middle East since World War II. This revised edition contains a range of additional material on the history of the region since the 1990s.

The Modern Middle East

This book is a most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East.

Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939

Albert Habib Hourani

Chronicles the history of Arab civilization, looking at the beauty of the great mosques, the importance attached to education, the achievements of Arab science, the role of women, internal conflicts, and the Palestinian question.

DAS GRANDIOSE MEISTERWERK, DER KLASSIKER ZUR GESCHICHTE DER ARABISCHEN WELT, von den Anfängen des Islam bis heute. Jetzt in einer repräsentativen Neuausgabe mit einem aktuellen Nachwort, das die Geschichte bis zum Arabischen Frühling weitererzählt. Der große Orientalist Albert Hourani, ein Wanderer zwischen den Welten, präsentiert in seinem elegant erzählten Klassiker die gesamte Geschichte und Kultur der arabischen Völker seit dem 7. Jahrhundert. Brillant beschreibt er die rasante Verbreitung des Islam und erzählt von den Gelehrten, Völkern und Ereignissen, die die arabische Welt prägten. Er schildert Aufstieg und Ende des Osmanischen Reichs, die Folgen der europäischen Expansion und die Konflikte in der Region, bis hin zur Intifada und den Golfkriegen. Wie es danach bis zum Arabischen Frühling weiterging, erzählt der bekannte Publizist und Islamwissenschaftler Malise Ruthven in seinem aktuellen Nachwort. Fulminante historische Erzählung und kluge Analyse zugleich, ist das Buch ein unentbehrlicher Beitrag zum Verständnis der heutigen arabischen Welt.

Weitererzählt bis zum Arabischen Frühling von Malise Ruthven

Die Geschichte der arabischen Völker

The Emergence of the Modern Middle East

Samuel Miklos Stern

Near Eastern History Group, Oxford

University of Pennsylvania. Near East Center

A Colloquium [held at All Souls College, June 28-July 2, 1965] Published Under the Auspices of the Near Eastern History Group, Oxford, and the Near East Centre, University of Pennsylvania

The Islamic City

Louis Massignon, H.A.R. Gibb, Marshall Hodgsons and T.E. Lawrence are discussed in a collection of essays that focuses on the relationship between European and Islamic thought and culture from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century.

Islam in European Thought

Philip Shukry Khoury

Mary Christina Wilson

This valuable collection of essays brings leading Middle Eastern scholars together in one volume and provides an unparalleled view of the modern Middle East. Covering two centuries of change, from 1789 to the present, the selection is carefully designed for students and is the only available text of its kind. It will also appeal to anyone with a general interest in the Middle East. The book is divided into four sections: Reforming Elites and Changing Relations with Europe, 1789-1918; Transformations in Society and Economy, 1789-1918; The Construction of Nationalist Ideologies and Politics up to the 1950s; and The Middle East since the Second World War. This valuable collection of essays brings leading Middle Eastern scholars together in one volume and provides an unparalleled view of the modern Middle East. Covering two centuries of change, from 1789 to the present, the selection is carefully designed for students and is the only available text of its kind. It will also appeal to anyone with a general interest in the Middle East. The book is divided into four sections: Reforming Elites and Changing Relations with Europe, 1789-1918; Transformations in Society and Economy, 1789-1918; The Construction of Nationalist Ideologies and Politics up to the 1950s; and The Middle East since the Second World War.

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