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A history of the Arab peoples
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- ISBN: 9780674058194
- ISBN: 0674058194
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xx, 565 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: 1st Harvard Press pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
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| Formatted Contents Note: | PART I. THE MAKING OF A WORLD (SEVENTH-TENTH CENTURY). 1. A New Power in an Old World -- 2. The Formation of an Empire -- 3. The Formation of a Society -- 4. The Articulation of Islam -- PART II. ARAB MUSLIM SOCIETIES (ELEVENTH-FIFTEENTH CENTURY). 5. The Arab Muslim World -- 6. The Countryside -- 7. The Life of Cities -- 8. Cities and Their Rulers -- 9. Ways of Islam -- 10. The Culture of the Ulama -- 11. Divergent Paths of Thought -- 12. The Culture of Courts and People -- PART III. THE OTTOMAN AGE (SIXTEENTH-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY). 13. The Ottoman Empire -- 14. Ottoman Societies -- 15. The Changing Balance of Power in the Eighteenth Century -- PART IV. THE AGE OF EUROPEAN EMPIRES (1800-1939). 16. European Power and Reforming Governments (1800-1860) -- 17. European Empires and Dominant Elites (1860-1914) -- 18. The Culture of Imperialism and Reform -- 19. The Climax of European Power (1914-1939) -- 20. Changing Ways of Life and Thought (1914-1939) -- PART V. THE AGE OF NATION-STATES (SINCE 1939). 21. The End of the Empires (1939-1962) -- 22. Changing Societies (1940s and 1950s) -- 23. National Culture (1940s and 1950s) -- 24. The Climax of Arabism (1950s and 1960s) -- 25. Arab Unity and Disunity (since 1967) -- 26. A Disturbance of Spirits (since 1967). |
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| Subject: | Arabs History Arab countries |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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A History of the Arab Peoples : With a New Afterword
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A History of the Arab Peoples : With a New Afterword
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface | ||
| Author's Note | ||
| Prologue | ||
| Part I | The Making of a World (Seventh-Tenth Century) | |
| 1 | A New Power in an Old World | |
| The world into which the Arabs came | ||
| The language of poetry | ||
| Muhammad and the appearance of Islam | ||
| 2 | The Formation of an Empire | |
| The succession to Muhammad: the conquest of an empire | ||
| The caliphate of Damascus | ||
| The caliphate of Baghdad | ||
| 3 | The Formation of a Society | |
| The end of political unity | ||
| A unified society: the economic bases | ||
| Unity of faith and language | ||
| The Islamic world | ||
| 4 | The Articulation of Islam | |
| The questions of authority | ||
| The power and justice of God | ||
| The shari'a | ||
| The Traditions of the Prophet | ||
| The path of the mystic | ||
| The path of reason | ||
| Part II | Arab Muslim Societies (Eleventh-Fifteenth Century) | |
| 5 | The Arab Muslim World | |
| States and dynasties | ||
| Arabs, Persians and Turks | ||
| Geographical divisions | ||
| Muslim Arabs and others | ||
| 6 | The Countryside | |
| Land and its use | ||
| Tribal societies | ||
| 7 | The Life of Cities | |
| Markets and cities | ||
| The city population | ||
| Law and the 'ulama | ||
| Slaves | ||
| Muslims and non-Muslims in the city | ||
| Women in the city | ||
| The shape of the city | ||
| Houses in the city | ||
| The chain of cities | ||
| 8 | Cities and Their Rulers | |
| The formation of dynasties | ||
| The alliance of interests | ||
| Control of the countryside | ||
| Ideas of political authority | ||
| 9 | Ways of Islam | |
| The Pillars of Islam | ||
| The friends of God | ||
| 10 | The Culture of the 'Ulama | |
| The 'ulama and the shari'a | ||
| The transmission of learning | ||
| Kalam | ||
| Al-Ghazali | ||
| 11 | Divergent Paths of Thought | |
| Islam of the philosophers | ||
| Ibn 'Arabi and theosophy | ||
| Ibn Taymiyya and the Hanbali tradition | ||
| The development of Shi'ism | ||
| Jewish and Christian learning | ||
| 12 | The Culture of Courts and People | |
| Rulers and patrons | ||
| Poetry and story | ||
| Music | ||
| Understanding the world | ||
| Part III | The Ottoman Age (Sixteenth-Eighteenth Century) | |
| 13 | The Ottoman Empire | |
| The limits of political power | ||
| Ottoman government | ||
| The Ottomans and Islamic tradition | ||
| Government in the Arab provinces | ||
| 14 | Ottoman Societies | |
| Population and wealth in the empire | ||
| The Arab provinces | ||
| The culture of the Arab provinces | ||
| Beyond the empire: Arabia, the Sudan, Morocco | ||
| 15 | The Changing Balance of Power in the Eighteenth Century | |
| Central and local authorities | ||
| Arab Ottoman society and culture | ||
| The world of Islam | ||
| Changing relations with Europe | ||
| Part IV | The Age of European Empires (1800-1939) | |
| 16 | European Power and Reforming Governments (1800-1860) | |
| The expansion of Europe | ||
| The beginnings of European empire | ||
| Reforming governments | ||
| 17 | European Empires and Dominant Elites (1860-1914) | |
| The limits of independence | ||
| The partition of Africa: Egypt and the Maghrib | ||
| The alliance of dominant interests | ||
| Control of the land | ||
| The condition of the people | ||
| The dual society | ||
| 18 | The Culture of Imperialism and Reform | |
| The culture of imperialism | ||
| The rise of the intelligentsia | ||
| The culture of reform | ||
| The emergence of nationalism | ||
| The continuity of Islamic tradition | ||
| 19 | The Climax of European Power (1914-1939) | |
| The supremacy of Great Britain and France | ||
| The primacy of British and French interests | ||
| Immigrants and the land | ||
| The growth of the indigenous elite | ||
| Attempts at political agreement | ||
| 20 | Changing Ways of Life and Thought (1914-1939) | |
| Population and the countryside | ||
| Life in the new cities | ||
| The culture of nationalism | ||
| Islam of the élite and the masses | ||
| Part V | The Age of Nation-States (Since 1939) | |
| 21 | The End of the Empires (1939-1962) | |
| The Second World War | ||
| National independence (1945-1956) | ||
| The Suez crisis | ||
| The Algerian war | ||
| 22 | Changing Societies (1940s and 1950s) | |
| Population and economic growth | ||
| The pro?ts of growth: merchants and landowners | ||
| The power of the state | ||
| Rich and poor in the city | ||
| 23 | National Culture (1940s and 1950s) | |
| Problems of education | ||
| Language and self-expression | ||
| Islamic movements | ||
| 24 | The Climax of Arabism (1950s and 1960s) | |
| Popular nationalism | ||
| The ascendancy of Nasirism | ||
| The crisis of 1967 | ||
| 25 | Arab Unity and Disunity (since 1967) | |
| The crisis of 1973 | ||
| The predominance of American in?uence | ||
| The interdependence of Arab countries | ||
| Arab disunity | ||
| 26 | A Disturbance of Spirits (since 1967) | |
| Ethnic and religious divisions | ||
| Rich and poor | ||
| Women in society | ||
| A heritage and its renewal | ||
| The stability of regimes | ||
| The fragility of regimes | ||
| Afterword 2002 | ||
| Maps | ||
| Genealogies and Dynasties | ||
| The Family of the Prophet | ||
| The Shi'i Imams | ||
| The Caliphs | ||
| Important Dynasties | ||
| Ruling Families in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century | ||
| Notes | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Index of Terms | ||
| General index |
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