Shaping of the Arabs - A Study in Ethnic Identity

Informationen zum Autor Joel Carmichael Zusammenfassung This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity. The present-day Arabic-speaking peoples may be traced back to the Arabian tribes that were later to be shaped into a people by Islam. With the Muslim conquests the language of the Arabian tribes became the vernacular of a vast cosmopolitan Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Origins: Muhammad and the Quran 2. The Outpouring from the Desert: the Bedouin Conquests 3. A New State: the Arab Kingdom and the Muslim Empire 4. The Flowering of a Civilization: the Islamic World Empire 5. A Medieval Confrontation: Islam and Christendom 6. The Empire Crumbles: the Turks Come In: The Long Stagnation 7. Stirrings of Nationalism: the Reshaping of Arab Identity 8. Modern Times

Product details

• Authors: Joel Carmichael, Carmichael Joel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781138192256
• ISBN: 978-1-138-19225-6
• No. of pages: 418
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Society of the Middle East; Routledge Library Editions: Society of the Middle East
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Middle East, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, North Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies