A History of the Arab Peoples

A History of the Arab Peoples

by Albert Hourani (Author)

Synopsis

This text covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought. A distillation of the late Albert Hourani's lifetime of scholarship, it was a bestseller when first published in 1991. This edition includes such recent events as the ongoing crisis in Iraq, the civil war in Algeria and the aftermath of September 11th.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 02 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0571215912
ISBN 13: 9780571215911

Media Reviews
'A masterly summation of the Arab peoples... It is difficult to overestimate the signal importance of this book for this time. Here at last is a genuinely readable, genuinely responsive history of the Arabs.' Edward Said 'If anyone wants to understand the tangled web of likes and dislikes of each other among the Arab peoples or the pull of fundamentalism, here is the place to find it.' David Holloway, Sunday Telegraph 'A splendid achievement... Written with just the right mix of empathy and sensitivity, and a feel for the irony of human history. This is history in the grand style.' New York Times
Author Bio
Albert Hourani was elected a Fellow of Magdalen and appointed Lecturer (later Reader) in the Modern History of the Middle East at Oxford in 1948. From 1958 until 1971 he was Director of the Middle East Centre. He died in 1993. Malise Ruthven is the author of, amongst other works, Islam in the World and Islam: A Very Short Introduction.