num_pages: 600
description: 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 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.
language: English
title: The Modern Middle East: A Reader
titlecomplete: The Modern Middle East: A Reader
genres: Nonfiction, History, Politics
ratings_count: 73
series: الشرق الأوسط الحديث
publisher: University of California Press