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A History of the Arab Peoples
[Buy it!] | Hourani, Albert; Revised & Expanded & with a New Afterword by Malise Ruthven | USD 12.50
(Sat May 25 16:30:52 2024) | Abebooks | Mnemosyne | ISBN10: 0674010175, ISBN13: 9780674010178, [publisher: Harvard University Press, The Belknap Press, Cambridge (MA) and London (UK)] Hardcover DEFINITIVE: MASTERPIECE: AS-NEW 2nd revised ed. hardcover (printing unstated), as-new mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp new edges & corners showing orig. $39.95 publisher's price at top-right of inside-front flyleaf, new cover w/ rust-orange silk-finish linen wrapping spine & extending 2.26" onto front & back panels covered in mustard rag-paper w/ sharp new edges & corners & titles handsomely gilt-stamped on spine, excellent smooth-cut text-block exterior w/ only the merest suggestion of shelf-dust to top edge only, impeccable mustard card-rag-stock end-papers, new sewn binding w/ tight signatures & yellow-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, pristine interior printed w/ impeccable clarity on excellent unblemished archival paper * 6.26" x 9.50" x 1.78", 1.68 kg, xx+565 (585) pp. * Upon its publication in 1991, Albert Hourani's masterwork was hailed as the definitive story of Arab civilization, & became a bestseller & an instant classic. In a panoramic view encompassing 12 centuries of Arab history & culture, Hourani brilliantly illuminated the people & events that have fundamentally shaped the Arab world. Now this seminal book is here available in this expanded 2nd edition. Noted Islamic scholar Malise Ruthven brings the story up to date from the mid-1980s, including such events as the Gulf War; civil unrest in Algeria; the change of leadership in Syria, Morocco, & Jordan; & the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001. The terrorist attacks in the United States, ongoing crisis in Iraq & renewed violence between Israelis & Palestinians all underscore the need for a balanced & well-informed understanding of the Arab world & make this insightful history of the Arab peoples more important than ever. * Albert Hourani was Emeritus Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford. He died in 1993. * Malise Ruthven is a former editor with the BBC Arabic Service & World Service in London & is the author of "Islam in the World" & "Islam: A Very Short Introduction."
[New Haven, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003] |
