The Origins of Arab Nationalism FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Origins of Arab Nationalism contains the most recent revisionist scholarship on the rise of Arab nationalsim that began with the fall of the Ottoman Empire.The various contributors, including C. Ernest Down, Mahmoud Haddad, Reeva Simon, and Beth Baron, provide an unusually broad survey of the Arab world at the turn on the century, permitting a comparison of developments in a variety of settings from Syria and Egypt to the Hijaz, Libya, and Iraq.
SYNOPSIS
Contributors, including C. Ernest Dawn, Mahmoud Haddad, Reeva Simon, and Beth Baron, provide a broad survey of the Arab world at the turn of the century, permitting a comparison of developments in a variety of settings from Syria and Egypt to the Hijaz, Libya, and Iraq.
FROM THE CRITICS
Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.
This seminal work will forge new paths for future historians of nationalism in the Arab world. It provides valuable information.
Arab Studies Quarterly
Represents a serious scholarly work. Introducing newly found archival materials and sources from the late Ottoman period, it constitutes a contribution to the study of nationalism in the Arab world.
Authur Goldschmidt
This seminal work will forge new paths for future historians of nationalism in the Arab world. It provides valuable information.
Booknews
Surveys the various regions of the Arab world on the eve of World War I to trace the roots of Arab nationalism to political conditions in the Ottoman Empire, Syria and Iraq, the Hejaz, and northeast Africa, and to specific personalities and political movements. Readers need their own maps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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