The Arabs
Subtitle: a history
By: Eugene Rogan.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
ISBN-13: 9780465071005
Subjects: Arab countries -- History -- 1517-1918; Arab countries -- History -- 20th century; Arab nationalism; Petroleum industry and trade -- Arab countries; Islam and politics -- Arab countries; Imperialism; Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Cairo to Istanbul (1516-1750); title: The Arab challenge to Ottoman rule (1750-1840); title: The growing shadow of European imperial power; title: The perils of reform; title: The first wave of colonialism : North Africa (1830-1914); title: Divide and rule, 1914-1922; title: The British empire in the Middle East (1918-1942); title: The French empire in the Middle East (1918-1954); title: The Palestine disaster and its consequences (1945-1952); title: The rise of Arab nationalism (1952-1970); title: The decline of Arab nationalism; title: The age of oil (1973-1984); title: The power of Islam (1979-1991); title: After the Cold War.