History of the Modern Middle East (Student Text) Book

This unique primary source reader provides first-hand accounts of the events described in Middle Eastern history survey texts. It is an up-to-date collection of primary documents on the modern Middle East, giving students access to many documents that are rarely available in English translations.The text is organized into 10 chapters featuring chapter introductions and headnotes. The primary source documents cover the late 18th through the 20th centuries, exploring political, social, economic, and cultural history and infusing the volume with the voices of real people.Author Akram Khater is noted for his scholarship in Lebanese history.Issues such as nationalism and its relationship to ethnicity, gender, and the environment receive thorough coverage.An introduction to reading primary sources helps students analyze unfamiliar material.Coverage includes selections from Morocco, Algeria, Afghanistan, the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.The last chapter covers globalization and cultural pluralism in the Middle East and North Africa.Read More