TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldschmidt,Arthur
AU  - Davidson,Lawrence
TI  - A concise history of the Middle East
SN  - 9780813348216 (pbk.)
AV  - 439 DS 62 G623c 2013
U1  - 956 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boulder, CO
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Middle East
KW  - History
KW  - Medio Oriente
KW  - Historia
N1  - Includes index; Previous edition: 2010
; The Middle East before Muhammad --  The first Muslim revolution --  The early Arab conquests --  The high caliphate --  Shiites and Turks, Crusaders and Mongols --  Islamic civilization --  Firearms, slaves, and empires --  European interests and imperialism --  Westernizing reform in the nineteenth century --  The rise of nationalism --  The roots of Arab bitterness --  Arab nationalism --  Modernizing rulers in the independent states --  Egypt and the Fertile Crescent under European control --  The contest for Palestine --  Israel's rebirth and the rise of Arab nationalism --  War and the quest for peace --  The reassertion of Islamic power --  The Gulf War and the peace process --  The war on terrorism --  In the season of Arab discontent
N2  - A critical introduction to the major traditions of feminist theory, now with new considerations of existential feminism and a conclusion reflecting on the future of feminist theory
ER  -