A history of the modern Middle East
By: William L. Cleveland
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9780813334899
Subjects: History
Description: "This comprehensive work provides a penetrating analysis of modern Middle Eastern history, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western Imperialism, to the Iranian Revolution and the Gulf War. After introducing the reader to the region's history from the origins of Islam in the seventh century, Cleveland focuses on the past two centuries of profound and often dramatic change.

While built around a framework of political history, the book also carefully integrates social, cultural, and economic developments into a single, carefully crafted account. The revised and updated second edition of this benchmark text includes information on the Middle East since the close of the Cold War, and a new section on civil society and Islamic politics in the 1990s."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Eighteenth Century. 1. The Rise and Expansion of Islam. 2. The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Fifteenth Century. 3. The Ottoman and Safavid Empires: A New Imperial Synthesis; title: Pt. II. The Beginnings of the Era of Transformation. 4. Forging a New Synthesis: The Pattern of Reforms, 1789-1849. 5. The Ottoman Empire and Egypt During the Era of the Tanzimat. 6. Egypt and Iran in the Late Nineteenth Century. 7. The Response of Islamic Society. 8. The Era of the Young Turks and the Iranian Constitutionalists. 9. World War I and the End of the Ottoman Order; title: Pt. III. The Struggle for Independence: The Interwar Era to the End of World War II. 10. Authoritarian Reform in Turkey and Iran. 11. The Arab Struggle for Independence: Egypt, Iraq, and Transjordan from the Interwar Era to 1945. 12. The Arab Struggle for Independence: Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia from the Interwar Era to 1945.