Title:
A history of the Arab peoples / Albert Hourani.
Author:
Hourani, Albert, 1915-1993, author.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 500-529) and index.
Prologue --- 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. The Culture of Courts and People --- 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 (1800-1860) -- 17. European Empires and Dominant Elites (1860-1914) -- 18. The Culture of Imperialism and Reform -- 19. The Climax of European Power (1914-1939) -- 20. Changing Ways of Life and Thought (1914-1939) --- 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).
Encompasses twelve centuries of Arab history and culture while including contemporary conflicts and issues.
Upon its publication in 1991, Albert Hourani's masterwork was hailed as the definitive story of Arab civilization, and became both a bestseller and an instant classic. In a panoramic view encompassing twelve centuries of Arab history and culture, Hourani brilliantly illuminated the people and events that have fundamentally shaped the Arab world. Hourani looks at all sides of this rich civilization: the education, the science, the mosques, the Alhambra, as well as the conflicts, poverty, and role of women.
Publisher:
Faber and Faber,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
0571133789
9780571133789
0571166636
Subject:
Arabs.
Arabs -- History.
Civilization, Arab.
Islam and politics.
Islam -- History.
Geschichte
Arabieren.
Islam.
HISTORY.
ARAB COUNTRIES.
ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.
MIDDLE EAST.
ISLAM.
ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
Arab countries -- History.
Arabian Peninsula -- History.
Islamic Empire -- History.
Arab countries.
Arabian Peninsula.
Contents:
Prologue --- 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. The Culture of Courts and People --- 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 (1800-1860) -- 17. European Empires and Dominant Elites (1860-1914) -- 18. The Culture of Imperialism and Reform -- 19. The Climax of European Power (1914-1939) -- 20. Changing Ways of Life and Thought (1914-1939) --- 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).
Physical Description:
xviii, 551 pages : maps, genealogical tables ;
Publication Date:
1991.
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