Böcker i Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History-serien

Focused on the connections between archaeology and Israeli society, this book examines the development of Israeli archaeological research, taking historical, sociological, and political contexts into account.

America's Arab Nationalists focuses in on the relationship between Arab nationalists and Americans in the struggle for independence in an era when idealistic Americans could see the Arab nationalist struggle as an expression of their own values.

Egypt's history is interwoven with conflicts of Bedouin, governments and peasants, competing over same cultivated lands and of migrations of nomads from the deserts to the Nile Valley. Talking about the tribal life in Egypt under Mehemet Ali Pasha's rule, this book examines the social and political aspects of the Bedouin during 1805-1848.

"This book covers the period from the 1880s up to the early 1950s, offering a complete overview of the decades during which the Jewish community of Egypt consolidated, flourished and then rapidly declined"--

The Ghazi Sultans were frontier holy-warrior kings of late medieval and early modern Islamic history. This book presents a study of three particular Ghazis in the Muslim world at that time, demonstrating the extent to which these men were influenced by the actions and writings of their predecessors in shaping strategy in which they saw themselves.

Concerned with the emergence and construction of the Libyan nation, this book charts the rise of nationalism out of the colonial era and shows how nationalism developed through an external Libyan diaspora and the influence of Arab nationalism.

Demonstrates that the legacy of the Ottomon millet system which divided the Ottoman population into religious compartments called millets, shaped Turkey's understanding of nationalism in the inter war period. This book covers topics including Turkish nationalism, the Ottoman legacy, Kemalist citizenship policies and immigration, and more.

Analyzing Afghan society from a fresh standpoint, this book discusses the country's two and a half centuries of socio-political disquiet and outside interference. It presents a review of Afghan history, the role of Islam and the contemporary theories of state, Islam, nationalism, ethnicity, and tribalism.

The `Syria ideä emerged in the nineteenth century as a concept of national awakening superseding both Arab nationalism and separatist currents. Looking at nationalist movements, ideas and individuals, this book traces the origin and development of the idea of Syrian nationhood from the perspective of some of its leading pioneers.

Focusing on Near Eastern history in Mamluk and Ottoman times, this book, dedicated to Michael Winter, stresses elements of variety and continuity in the history of the Near East. Ranging between thirteenth and nineteenth century, the articles in this book demonstrate the materials available, from archival documents to manuscripts and art works.