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Routledge Library Editions: History of the Middle East

Routledge Library Editions: History of the Middle East

1st Edition

By Various
October 28, 2016

This multi-volume set of reissued classics brings together a collection of titles that touch on many key aspects of the history of the Middle East. From the early explorers of Arabia to the 1979 revolution in Iran, via histories of places as varied as the UAE and Zanzibar, the analysis of Nazi ...

Explorers of Arabia From the Renaissance to the End of the Victorian Era

Explorers of Arabia: From the Renaissance to the End of the Victorian Era

1st Edition

By Zahra Freeth, H.V.F. Winstone
May 09, 2018

Exploration usually demands the qualities of bravery, curiosity and organising ability. Arabia demanded more of the voyager: linguistic ability of a high order, scholarship and an imaginative temperament. It was also necessary to be able to pass as a native, if not of Arabia then of part of the ...

Iran

Iran

1st Edition

By Richard N. Frye
May 09, 2018

Richard N. Frye, who worked for many years in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Egypt, brings to this 1960 book an historian’s accuracy, a writer’s talent, and an eye for colour. The result is a fascinating, accurate portrait of a vital area in the cold war, an area composed of many peoples of ancient ...

The Establishment of the United Arab Emirates 1950-85

The Establishment of the United Arab Emirates 1950-85

1st Edition

By Abdullah Omran Taryam
May 09, 2018

The United Arab Emirates were established in response to the British decision to withdraw from the Gulf by 1971. This decision, announced in 1968, had left the rulers of the emirates perplexed and alarmed. After decades of mutual suspicion and rivalry, fostered by British imperial dominance, the ...

A History of the Arab State of Zanzibar

A History of the Arab State of Zanzibar

1st Edition

By Norman R. Bennett
May 09, 2018

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the fertile islands of Zanzibar and Pemba became of central importance to East Africa’s growing contact with the international economy as the ruling dynasty encouraged trade in cloves, slaves and ivory. This book, first published in 1978, ...

A Short History of the Middle East From the Rise of Islam to Modern Times

A Short History of the Middle East: From the Rise of Islam to Modern Times

1st Edition

By George E. Kirk
May 09, 2018

This book, first published in 1948, grew out of a series of lectures delivered since the War at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies to British students who required a solid grounding in Middle East history and politics to assist in fitting them for active careers in the region. These lectures, ...

Arab History and the Nation-State A Study in Modern Arab Historiography 1820-1980

Arab History and the Nation-State: A Study in Modern Arab Historiography 1820-1980

1st Edition

By Youssef M. Choueiri
May 09, 2018

The study of Arab historiography and of the emergence of the Arab nation-state as an object of historical treatment is a matter of considerable current interest. Despite its importance, no academic work has dealt with this subject as a major preoccupation of Arab historians and intellectuals. This ...

Revolution in Iran The Roots of Turmoil

Revolution in Iran: The Roots of Turmoil

1st Edition

By Mehran Kamrava
May 09, 2018

Observers of Iran have often ascribed the main cause of the revolution to economic problems under the Shah’s regime. This book, first published in 1990, on the other hand focuses on the political and social factors which contributed of the Pahlavi dynasty. Mehran Kamrava looks at the revolution in ...

Territorial Foundations of the Gulf States

Territorial Foundations of the Gulf States

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Schofield
May 09, 2018

This book, first published in 1994, provides a comprehensive treatment of a crucial set of geopolitical issues from a region where political developments are observed with great care and some trepidation by the rest of the world. Based on expert analysis by leading researchers, the book is the ...

The Arab Kingdom and its Fall

The Arab Kingdom and its Fall

1st Edition

By J. Wellhausen
May 09, 2018

The political community of Islam grew out of the religious community. This book, first published in 1927, is the key work in understanding the early development of Islam and the history of the Arab peoples....

The Boundaries of Modern Iran

The Boundaries of Modern Iran

1st Edition

Edited By Keith Mclachlan
May 09, 2018

This book, first published in 1994, analyses the entire length of Iran’s international boundaries. It reviews the establishment, evolution and continuing contentions over Iranian frontier zones and boundary lines, from the creation of the Iranian nation state out of the diverse and dispersed areas ...

The Gulf States and Oman

The Gulf States and Oman

1st Edition

By Christine Osborne
May 09, 2018

The discovery of oil brought enormous change to the Gulf. It transformed the simple fishing and grazing economies of the Gulf states into some of the wealthiest countries in the world. This book, first published in 1977, examines the impact of oil and oil wealth on the Gulf states. It describes the...

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