Book

The Arabs : a history / Eugene Rogan.

Rogan, Eugene L., (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780465094219 (paperback)
Physical Description: v, 572 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 23 cm
Edition: Revised and updated edition.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

From Cairo to Istanbul -- The Arab challenge to Ottoman rule -- The Egyptian empire of Muhammad 'Ali -- The perils of reform -- The first wave of colonialism: North Africa -- Divide and rule: World War I and the postwar settlement -- The British empire in the Middle East -- The French empire in the Middle East -- The Palestine disaster and its consequences -- The rise of Arab nationalism -- The decline of Arab nationalism -- The age of oil -- The power of Islam -- After the Cold War -- The Arabs in the twenty-first century.