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Albert hourani, distinguished historian and interpreter, has written a masterwork, a panoramic view encompassing twelve centuries of arab history and culture. A magnificent display of the late albert houranis lifetime of scholarship, it was a bestseller on first publication in 1991. Going far beyond political history, it provides a deep analysis of social, cultural and economic structures. One reason may be that, for more than half a century, there has been no uptodate single volume work that chronicles the story of arab civilization until now. This is coupled with a deep sense of history and awareness of the fall of the arabmuslim world from its dominant position to. A history of the arab peoples covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought, in a work of profound and lasting importance. Pdf history of the arabs download full pdf book download. The arab provinces 234 the culture of the arab provinces 238 beyond the empire. Albert houranis a history of the arab peoples is unsurpassed as an overview of arab history from the rise of islam to the late twentieth century. A history of the arab peoples by albert habib hourani, albert hourani,malise ruthven book resume. Chronicles the history of arab civilization, looking at the beauty of the great mosques, the importance attached to education, the achievements of arab science, the role of women, internal conflicts, and the. Fadlo had studied at what later became the american university of beirut and settled in manchester as a cotton merchant.

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Macats analyses are definitive studies of the most important books and. A history of the arab peoples albert hourani harvard university. Yet the muqaddima or prolegomena of ibn khaldun was arguably the last great study of arab history to be written in arabic. Albert houranis 1991 work, a history of the arab peoples, is unsurpassed as an overview of arab history, from the rise of islam to the late 20th century. Welcome to the ways in section of this macat analysis. After reading just recently reading guns, germs, and steel, i am starting to find that i am not especially fond books that cover an extremely long time period. One reason may be that, for more than half a century, there has been no uptodate singlevolume work that chronicles the story of arab civilizationuntil now. Albert hourani, malise ruthven a history of the arab peoples with a new afterword 2010. His graceful way with words and his talent for getting to the heart of an issue make. Distinguished lebaneseamerican historian albert hourani presents this book that might seem comprehensive to the westerners but concise to the arabs.

Albert hourani studies the way in which ideas about politics and society changed during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, in response to the expanding influence of europe. Houranis a history of the arab peoples spans centuries and continents as he describes the history of arabicspeaking people of northern africa, spain, and the middle east. A magnificent display of the late albert hourani s lifetime of scholarship, it was a bestseller on first publication in 1991. Preface albert hourani, the distinguished historian of the middle east, once observed that any book on twentiethcentury arab politics must express a dialectic of unity and. Albert hourani, the eminent oxford professor, is one of a very few scholars who can authoritatively paint a canvas that stretches in space from morocco to the persian gulf, in time from the prophet muhammad to the recently concluded iraqiran war, and in theme from politics to culture. Albert houranis a history of the arab peoples gives an excellent background how the peoples of the arab world got from the days of muhammad to 1991, the year the book was published. Albert hourani arabic thought in the liberal age, 1798 1939. He attended magdalen college, oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics.

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