Middle Eastern Studies

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v. 1. The classical age of Islam.--v. 2. The expansion of Islam in the middle periods.--v. 3. The gunpowder empires & modern times

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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. Culture of courts and peoples -- 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 -- 17. European empires and dominant elites -- 18. The culture of imperialism and reform -- 19. The climax of European power (1914-1939) -- 20. Changing ways of life and thought -- 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) -- Maps -- Genealogies and dynasties

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Part I. The Near East before Islam: -- Introduction -- Religions of late antiquity -- Arabia before Islam -- Early seventh century -- Part II. The Emergence of Islam, 600-750: -- Approaches and problems -- Origins of the Muslim community -- Early Islam in the Near East -- Umayyad period -- Beginnings of sectarianism -- Non-Muslims of early Islam -- 'Abbasid revolution -- Part III. The Consolidation of Islam, 750-1000: -- Issues of Islamic identity -- Religion and politics -- Shi'ism -- Formation of Sunni traditionalism -- Asceticism and mysticism -- Non-Muslim communities -- Part IV. Medieval Islam, 1000-1500: -- Medieval Islamic Near East -- Sunni 'revival'? -- Common patterns in social and political organization -- Modes of justice -- Transmission of religious knowledge -- Sufism -- Popular religion -- Epilogue: -- From medieval to modern Islam

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The rise of Islam in the world / Patricia Crone -- The emergence of the Islamic world system 1000-1500 / Robert Irwin -- The Islamic world in the age of European expansion 1500-1800 / Stephen F. Dale -- The Islamic world in the era of western domination : 1800 to the present / Sarah Ansari -- The economy in Muslim societies / K. N. Chaudhuri -- The ordering of Muslim societies / Basim Musallam -- Knowledge, its transmission, and the making of Muslim societies / Francis Robinson -- Artistic expressions of Muslim societies / Stephen Vernoit

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Muhammad and the caliphate : political history of the Islamic empire up to the Mongol conquest / Fred M. Donner -- Fruit of the tree of knowledge : the relationship between faith and practice in Islam / Vincent J. Cornell -- Law and society : the interplay of revelation and reason in the Shariah / Mohammad Hashim Kamali -- Science, medicine, and technology : the making of a scientific culture / Ahmad Dallal -- Art and architecture : themes and variations / Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom -- Philosophy and theology : from the eighth century C.E. to the present / Majid Fakhry -- Islam and Christendom : historical, cultural, and religious interaction from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries / Jane I. Smith -- Sultanates and gunpowder empires : the Middle East / Ira M. Lapidus -- The eastward journey of Muslim kingship : Islam in South and Southeast Asia / Bruce B. Lawrence -- Central Asia and China : transnationalization, Islamization, and ethnicization / Dru C. Gladney -- Islam in Africa to 1800 : merchants, chiefs, and saints / Nehemia Levtzion -- Foundations for renewal and reform : Islamic movements in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / John Obert Voll -- European colonialism and the emergence of modern Muslim states / S.V.R. Nasr -- The globalization of Islam : the return of Muslims to the West / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Contemporary Islam : reformation or revolution? / John L. Esposito

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"Here, Ruthven presents a full overview of the religion in its historical, geographic, and social settings, covering such fundamental topics as pilgrimages to Mecca, Muhammad and the Quran, the development of divine law, the mystic tradition, and various Islamic sects. The book also features a new concluding chapter that focuses on women in Islam, the challenges Islam faces in today's climate of globalization, and the key developments in Islamic political history since 1984 - an especially fertile period that has seen, among other things, the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and the controversial publication of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses."

Topics Covered: Islamic Life and Thought, Sufism, et al.

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"Combining a scholar's command of fact with a narrator's ease of style, the noted scholar H.A.R. Gibb presents an historic survey of Islam, from the days of the prophet, through the religion's spread in Asia and Africa, to its confrontation with the modern world."

Arabia before Islam -- Muhammad and the rise of Islam-- Age of the conquests -- Arab kingdom -- Islamic empire -- 'Revolt of Islam' -- Arabs in Europe -- Islamic civilization -- Arabs in eclipse -- Impact of the west

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Challenge & Response, 1800-1980 -- Expansion of Foreign Trade -- Development of Transport -- The Influx of Foreign Capital -- Migration & Minorities -- Population, Level of Living, & Social Development -- Agricultural Expansion -- Deindustrialization & Reindustrialization -- Institutions & Policy, Money and Prices, Savings & Investment -- Petroleum: Transformation or Explosion? -- The Balance Sheets -- Statistical Appendix

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Turkey 1918-1945 -- Egypt 1918-1945 -- The economies of the British and French mandates 1918-1945 -- The states of the Arabian Peninsula 1918-1945 -- Turkey 1946-1990 -- Egypt 1946-1990 -- Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq 1946-1990 -- The economies of Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank/Gaza 1946-1990 -- The states of the Arabian Peninsula 1946-1990

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PART I. States and state building -- The end of empires : the emergence of the modern Middle Eastern states -- The growth of state power in the Arab world : the single-party regimes -- The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative -- Arab nationalism, Arab unity and the practice of intra-Arab state relations -- State and politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War -- The remaking of the Middle Eastern political environment between the two Gulf wars -- PART II. Themes in contemporary Middle Eastern politics -- The politics of economic restructuring -- Parties, elections and the vexed question of democracy in the Arab world -- The politics of religious revival -- The military in and out of politics -- Some important non-state actors -- PART III. The impact of the 11 September attacks -- America attempts to remake the Middle East -- Conclusion : The Middle East at the beginning of the twenty-first century
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Forging Policy in the Postwar Era: 1945-1953 -- Eisenhower, Containment, & Arab Nationalism, 1953-1961 -- Kennedy & Arab Nationalism: 1961-1963 -- Johnson & the Six-Day War: 1963-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, & the Yom Kippur War: 1969-1974 -- Step-by-Step Diplomacy: 1974-1977 -- Carter & the Camp David Accords: 1977-1981 -- Reagan & Lebanon: 1981-1984 -- In the Pursuit of Peace: 1984-1989 -- Bush & the Persian Gulf War: 1989-1991 -- In the Aftermath of War: 1991-1994

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I. The four great powers. France's Arab policy / Rémy Leveau -- Britain and the Middle East after 1945 / Wm. Roger Louis -- America and the Middle East / William B. Quandt -- The Middle East in Russia's strategic prism / Alvin Z. Rubinstein -- II. Israel and the Arabs. Egypt / Michael Doran -- Israeli foreign policy / Bernard Reich -- In search of budget security : Jordanian foreign policy / Laurie A. Brand -- The foreign policy of Syria / C. Ernest Dawn -- III. The larger Arab world. Iraqi foreign policy / Phebe Marr -- Moroccan foreign policy / I. William Zartman -- Saudi Arabia's foreign policy / Hermann Frederick Eilts -- IV. The other Middle East. Iran / Shaul Bakhash -- Turkey's foreign policy : independent or reactive? / George S. Harris -- V. Rounding out the area. The foreign policies of other Middle Eastern states / L. Carl Brown -- VI. Conclusion : making sense of Middle Eastern diplomacy / L. Carl Brown

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Framework for the Analysis of Superpower Relations with the Arab Middle East -- Superpower Engagement in the Middle East, 1955 -- Suez Crisis: The Struggle for Succession, 1955-1956 -- Taming of the Shrew, 1957-1958 -- End of an Era in Arab-Superpower Relations, 1958-1961 -- Egyptian-Saudi Conflict in Yemen & the Superpower's Response, 1961-1964 -- Israeli Factor in Inter-Arab & Arab-Superpower Relations, 1964-1966 -- March Toward War, 1966-1967 -- Conclusion

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"In The Press in the Arab Middle East, Ami Ayalon draws on a broad array of primary sources - a century of Arabic newspapers, biographies and memoirs of Arab journalists and politicians, and archival material - as well as a large body of published studies, to portray the remarkable vitality of Arab journalism. He explores the press as a Middle Eastern institution during its formative century before World War II and the circumstances that shaped its growth, tracing its impact, in turn, on local historical developments. After treating the major phases in chronological sequence, he looks closely at more specific aspects: the relations between press and state; newspapers and their audience; the press and traditional cultural norms; economic aspects of the trade; and journalism as a new profession in Arab society."

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Islam & the National Idea / Rashid Rida -- The Excellence of the Arabs / Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi -- Program of the League of the Arab Fatherland / Negib Azoury -- Announcement to the Arabs, Sons of Qahtan / Anonymous -- Territorial Demands Made on the British Government / Sherif Husain of Mecca -- Vindication of Arab National Rights / The Arab Government of the Hijaz -- The Profession of Death / Sami Shawkat -- Arab Pledge, Definitions, Manifesto / First Arab Students' Congress -- The Common Origins of the Arabs / Edmond Rabbath -- What is Arab Nationalism? / Abdullah al-Alayili -- Arabism & Jewry in Syria / Muhammad Jamil Baihum -- Muslim Unity & Arab Unity / Sati' al-Husri -- The Arab League & World Unity / Abd al-Rahman Azzam -- Arab Nationalism & Religion / Qustantin Zuraiq -- Islam & Arab Nationalism / Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz -- The Near East: The Search for Truth / Charles Malik -- The Idea of Nationalism / Abd al-Latif Sharara -- The Philosophy of Revolution / Gamal Abdel Nasser -- Constitution / The Arab Ba'th Party -- Nationalism & Revolution / Michel Aflaq

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Defining Arab nationalism -- Early stirrings : the nineteenth & early twentieth centuries -- Sati‘ al-Husri's theory of Arab nationalism -- Arab nationalism & competing loyalties : from the 1920s to the Arab revolt in Palestine -- The path to nationalist ascent : from the Palestinian revolt to the Egyptian revolution -- Consolidating Arab nationalism : the emergence of "Arab" Egypt -- Arab nationalism on the march, 1955-1957 -- The apex of Arab nationalism : the United Arab Republic & the Iraqi revolution, January-September 1958 -- Arab nationalism's downward slide, 1958-1967 -- 1967 & after : the twilight of Arab nationalism -- The demise of Arab nationalism : a postmortem

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"The fourteen original essays in this volume explore the psychological, political, and cultural bases of Arab nationalism since World War I and are arranged around broad themes of study: academic constructions of nationalist history, nationalist presentations of Arab histories, conflict among competing nationalist visions, and more."

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Arab "Age of Ideology" -- Arab Nationalism -- Islamic Fundamentalism -- Marxism -- Regional Nationalism -- Future of Ideology in the Arab World