Cross-cultural encounters and conflicts
By: Charles Issawi.
Series: Studies in Middle Eastern history; Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Acculturation -- Middle East.; Culture conflict -- Middle East.; East and West.; Middle East -- Civilization.; Europe -- Civilization.
Description: Charles Issawi's collection of essays, Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts, has been written in the belief that a study of the past encounters and conflicts between the world's major cultures can shed light on their nature and importance.

Though the emphasis is on the Middle East, the subjects covered here range in scope from the great ancient civilizations to Shelley's passion for the Middle East, from the failures of the Greeks as empire builders to the predominance of English as an international language today.

Other essays examine either the way in which certain cultures were formed, or the effects of the direct control of one culture over another, or cross-cultural perceptions, most notably the dramatic change in the Western perception of the Orient between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.