Middle East History Books

New and Published Books

1. Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals)

   By Dilip Hiro

   First published in 1985, this is a comprehensive study off the Middle East's most strategic country, set against the background of the Islamic heritage of Iran and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty. The author describes the various phases through which the Islamic revolution has passed,...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Women, Religion and Culture in Iran

   By Sarah Ansari, Vanessa Martin

   Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books

   Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Iran

   Politics, History and Literature

   By Homa Katouzian

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book offers a view of Iran through politics, history and literature, showing how the three angles combine. Iran, being a revolutionary society, experienced two great revolutions within the short span of just seventy years, from the 1900s to the 1970s. Both were massive revolts of the society...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
4. Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Empire

   A Study of Communal Relations in Anatolia

   By Ayse Ozil

   Series: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East

   Orthodox Christians, as well as other non-Muslims of the Ottoman Empire, have long been treated as insular and homogenous entities, distinctly different and separate from the rest of the Ottoman world. Despite this view prevailing in mainstream historiography, some scholars have suggested recently...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
5. Orientalism Revisited

   Art, Land and Voyage

   Edited by Ian Netton

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   The publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism in 1978 marks the inception of orientalism as a discourse. Since then, Orientalism has remained highly polemical and has become a widely employed epistemological tool. Three decades on, this volume sets out to survey, analyse and revisit the state of the...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. Politics of Memory

   The Israeli Underground's Struggle for Inclusion in the National Pantheon and Military Commemoralization

   By Udi Lebel

   Series: Israeli History, Politics and Society

   This book illustrates how a dominant political party, the Mapai, under the leadership of P.M. David Ben-Gurion, chose to ‘hug,’ honor and commemorate ‘Her Fallen’ and ‘Her Bereaved Families,’ whilst simultaneously ignoring the fallen that were identified with the rival political party, Herut, led...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. Egyptian Literature (Routledge Revivals)

   Vol. I: Legends of the Gods

   By E.A. Budge

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was Keeper of the British Museum’s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects, Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri, statues and other artefacts for the...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
8. Egyptian Literature (Routledge Revivals)

   Vol. II: Annals of Nubian Kings

   By E.A. Budge

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was Keeper of the British Museum’s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects, Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri, statues and other artefacts for the...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Book of the Kings of Egypt (Routledge Revivals)

   Vol. I: Dynasties I - XIX

   By E. A. Budge

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was Keeper of the British Museum’s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects, Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri, statues and other artefacts for the...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Book of the Kings of Egypt (Routledge Revivals)

    Vol II: Dynasties XX - XXX

    By E. A. Budge

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was Keeper of the British Museum’s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects, Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri, statues and other artefacts for the...

    Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge