The modern Middle East and North Africa : a history in documents / Julia Clancy-Smith, Charles D. Smith.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

European imperialism, c. 1750-1914 -- Between old and new: reforming state and society, c. 1750-1914 -- World War I and its aftermath, c. 1914-1923 -- Picture essay: portrayals: women, work, education, war, and peace, c. 1800-present -- From the Great War to World War II, c. 1923-1950 -- Struggles for independence and new forms of political community, c. 1950-1980 -- Unknown destinies, c. 1980-present.

Note on transliteration -- What is a document -- How to read a document -- Introduction -- European imperialism, c. 1750-1914. Napoleon in Egypt ; Algeria: French colonization and the Algerian response ; American-Ottoman relations in an imperial age ; Anglo-French justifications of imperialism: racial superiority and commercial investments in Egypt and Tunisia ; Zionism: its origins and objectives ; Missionary ventures and educational experiments: European and Middle Eastern feminine interactions ; World fairs and tourism: imperial portraits of the Oriental and the Oriental response ; Egypt: British and Egyptian critiques of imperialism ; Iran and the European powers: oil concessions and territorial partitioning ; Al-Afghani and Azoury: Muslim and Arab Christian rejections of indigenous accommodation to Western inroads -- Between old and new: reforming state and society, c. 1750-1914. Cairo vs. Istanbul: Egyptian and Turkish reforms and their implications ; Visits across the Mediterranean: MENA and European impressions of each other ; Official and popular calls for reform: Tunisia, Iran, Ottoman Turks ; Mutual incomprehension?: women, education, and public behavior ; Emigration: the search for livelihood abroad -- World War I and its aftermath, c. 1914-1923. Wartime conditions ; Journalism, truth, and war reporting ; The Armenian question ; Promises, promises: Britain, France, and the Arab movement ; Promises to keep: Britain, Palestine, and the Zionist movement ; Postwar settlements: the Great Powers and the Middle East ; Protests and rebellion ; Egyptian protests -- Picture essay : Portrayals: women, work, education, war, and peace, c. 1800-present -- From the Great War to World War II, c. 1923-1950. Reforms and their motivations: Turkey and Iran ; Living in two worlds ; Egypt: European influences and the definition of culture ; Going to the movies ; North African experiences with France and the United States ; Palestine from World War I to 1948 ; The Palestinian Arab response to the Churchill White Paper ; Iraqi Jews in the 1930s and 1940s ; America and Saudi Arabia, the oil connection -- Struggles for independence and new forms of political community, c. 1950-1980. Immigrations and displacements ; Nationalism and cold war tensions: Egypt, Lebanon, Iran ; Algeria's war of independence: torture and colonial rule ; Women, education, and the public sphere ; Arab-Israeli conflicts: the 1967 War and the Lebanese civil war ; Qaddafi's Green Book: path to the future? ; Sayyid Qutb: Jahiliyyah and Islamic liberation ; America and Iran: the Shah and the Islamic revolution ; Yearnings for love and home -- Unknown destinies, c. 1980-present. Urban transformations and ethnic interactions: Turkey and Germany ; Islam, women, clothing, and identity in France and MENA ; Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and protests ; Afghanistan and Iraq before September 11, 2001 ; Al-Qaida, 9/11, and the American response: prisoners, refugees, and human rights ; Tunisia and Egypt rebel: dictatorships and crony capitalism -- Timeline.

Explores the underlying theme of unity in diversity, utilizing a mix of documents--including photographs, posters, diaries, diplomatic records, archival sources, and literary works. Offers a compromise between conventional political and diplomatic histories and those focusing on social and cultural history. The authors demonstrate how the Middle East and North Africa have participated in and shaped the grand currents of global history during the past two centuries. --From back cover.