A History of the Arab Peoples

Name: A History of the Arab Peoples
Author: Альберт Хоурани
ISBN: 9 78051 288014

Альберт Хоурани

In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. It is a masterly distillation of a lifetime of scholarship and a unique insight into a perpetually troubled region. This updated edition by Malise Ruthven adds a substantial new chapter which includes recent events such as 9/11, the US in...

Издательство:

Faber & Faber

ISBN:

9 78051 288014

Год издания:

2013

Язык:

Английский

Updated Edition. With a new introduction and afterword by Malise Ruthven

ASIN: 0571288014

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Publication date: January 3, 2013

Edition: Main

Language: ‎English

Print length: 640 pages

ISBN-10: 9780571288014

ISBN-13: 978-0571288014

Item Weight: ‎1.12 pounds

Dimensions: 4.92 x 1.57 x 7.87 inches

Best Sellers Rank

#176,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

#33 in Egyptian History (Books)

#58 in History of Islam

#10,127 in Suspense Thrillers

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'It is difficult to overestimate the signal importance of this book for this time. Here at last is a genuinely readable, genuinely responsive history of the Arabs.' Edward Said

'A joy to read... Quite simply, the best general history of the Arab world a reader can buy.' Boston Globe

'A splendid achievement. Written with just the right mix of sensitivity, and a feel for the irony of human history. This is history in the grand style.' New York Times

'Hourani's history is the summation of a lifetime's work, his magnum opus.' Akbar Ahmed, Guardian

'This is a brilliant book, perhaps a landmark... Hourani is able to explain, concisely, matters of surpassing difficulty which must be understood in order to make sense of contemporary events... a rich and often gripping book.' Washington Post

'An elegantly written study. ' Times Literary Supplement

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Cover design by Faber

Cover image: Arabian book illustration, Baghdad, 1237, 'Schefersch Hariri'. Procession at the end of Ramadan. Illustration for the Makamen of Abu Muhammed al-Kasim Hariri (1054-1121), Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Arabe 5847, fol.19. Ⓒ akg-images

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