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Pages: 450
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In this innovative historical portrait of society in the premodern Middle East, Abraham Marcus takes us on a guided tour of a past world, revealing its inner wo
Being Modern in the Middle East
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Pages: 344
Authors: Keith David Watenpaugh
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-19 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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In this innovative book, Keith Watenpaugh connects the question of modernity to the formation of the Arab middle class. The book explores the rise of a middle c
The Modern Middle East
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Pages: 700
Authors: Camron Michael Amin
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-06 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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The Modern Middle East is a collection of translated sources covering the period from 1700 to the present. Sources include official and private archives, the pe
Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean
Language: en
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Authors: Margaret S. Graves
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The Islamic world's artistic traditions experienced profound transformation in the 19th century as rapidly developing technologies and globalizing markets usher
History, Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East
Language: en
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This introductory text explores the gendered history of the modern Middle East, from the eighteenth century to the present, studying the various ways in which g