History of the Arab Peoples

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A fully updated, new edition of the ever-popular classic of modern history. First published in 1991, this edition also covers recent events such as the Arab Spring and the on-going crisis in Iraq. Following the Arab Spring, September 11th and the growing threat of ISIS, A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani is a fully updated new edition of an ever-popular classic of modern history, with an introduction and afterword by Malise Ruthven. Zusammenfassung In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Albert Hourani
• Assisted by: Malise Ruthven (Introduction), Ruthven Malise (Introduction), Malise Ruthven (Afterword), Ruthven Malise (Afterword)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9780571288014
• ISBN: 978-0-571-28801-4
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 39 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Islam / History, Middle East, Islamic Studies, Islamic countries, Islamic Caliphate