The Arabs
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The Arabs
(Penguin books, . Penguin history)
Penguin Books, 1990, c1985
2nd ed
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The Arab world
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Reprint. Originally published in Pelican books 1985
First ed. published in Great Britain by A. Lane, 1976 and in the USA by Crowell under the title The Arab world, 1977
Previous ed. (i.e. rev. ed.) published in Pelican books 1978, and reprinted with postscript in 1980
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A consice introduction to the modern Arab world, this book draws on the author's experience as both a historian and journalist in the Middle East. The social, political and historical aspects of the area - the pre-Islamic nomads of Arabia, the life of Muhammad and the rise of Arab power that followed, to the Western colonial period, the tragedy of Palestine and the modern Arab renaissance, reinforced by the power of oil. He also shows how the consequences of centuries of struggle for dominance between Christendom and the Islamic world survives to this day in various forms. A section of this book surveys the Arab countries in Gazetteer-type fashion and the final section considers the Arabs themselves, their characteristics, aspirations and their future.
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