Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

New and Published Books

1-10 of 14 results in Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

1. The Origins of the Libyan Nation

   Colonial Legacy, Exile and the Emergence of a New Nation-State

   By Anna Baldinetti

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it developed through an...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Protestant Missionaries in the Levant

   Ungodly Puritans, 1820-1860

   By Samir Khalaf

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   Through focusing on the unintended by-products of New England Puritanism as a cultural transplant in the Levant, this book explores the socio-historical forces which account for the failure of early envoys’ attempts to convert the ‘native,’ population. Early failure in conversion led to later...

   Published July 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Ending Empire in the Middle East

   Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973

   By Simon C. Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into both British and American archival sources, it...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. The Origins of Syrian Nationhood

   Histories, Pioneers and Identity

   Edited by Adel Beshara

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   The ‘Syria idea’ 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...

   Published June 26th 2011 by Routledge
5. British Pro-Consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929

   The Challenge of Nationalism

   By C. W. R. Long

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.W.R. Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal opponent, Sa'ad Zaghul, and the great events of the time: the rise of the Wafd party, the uprising of 1919, the murder of Sir Lee...

   Published August 31st 2010 by Routledge
6. Mamluks and Ottomans

   Studies in Honour of Michael Winter

   Edited by David J Wasserstein, Ami Ayalon

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   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, an area of study which has traditionally attracted little attention from Islamists. Ranging over the period from...

   Published August 19th 2010 by Routledge
7. The Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948

   By Dov Gavish

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
8. The Pasha's Bedouin

   Tribes and State in the Egypt of Mehemet Ali, 1805-1848

   By Reuven Aharoni

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   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. Mehemet Ali’s era represented the initial ending of the traditional tribalism, and the beginning of emergence of a...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
9. Russia and Iran in the Great Game

   Travelogues and Orientalism

   By Elena Andreeva

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   This book examines the Russian explorers and officials in the nineteenth and early twentieth century who came into contact with Iran as a part of the Great Game. It demonstrates the development of Russia's own form of Orientalism, a phenomenon that has previously been thought to be exclusive to the...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
10. Islam, Secularism and Nationalism in Modern Turkey

    Who is a Turk?

    By Soner Cagaptay

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

    It is commonly believed that during the interwar period, Kemalist secularism successfully eliminated religion from the public sphere in Turkey, leaving Turkish national identity devoid of religious content. However, through its examination of the impact of the Ottoman millet system on Turkish and...

    Published September 2nd 2009 by Routledge