Middle Eastern history

Advances theorization of childhood in contexts of racialized settler-colonial political violence while acknowledging children''s power to interrupt it.

An accessible introduction to the processes which shape politics and economics in contemporary Turkey.

Offers new and cutting-edge research on the role of drugs in Iranian society and government.

Reinterpretation of the Danube frontier in Late Antiquity, drawing on literary, archaeological, and numismatic sources.

Examines how authoritarian regimes employ labour emigration in order to remain in power, both in Egypt and beyond.

Presents an account of the rise of Erdogan''s AKP, showing how the politicisation of religion has roots in the period of early nation-building in Turkey.

A comprehensive survey of the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution of the Kurds from 1400 to the present.

Using original, difficult-to-gather survey data, Zeira advances a new theory of participation in anti-regime protest that focuses on the mobilizing role of state institutions.

Discusses state and religion relations in Israel by applying a general theory regarding the role of religion in liberal countries.

A lively and original study tracing the development of ''laziness'' as a way to understanding emerging civic culture in the Ottoman Empire.

An alternate approach to Islamic art emphasizing literary over historical contexts and reception over production in visual arts and music.

Explores single men and women in the Roman world, their ways of life and their reasons for remaining unmarried.

An examination of militant Islamists in Tripoli, Lebanon during the 1980s, showing how they were shaped by both grand ideologies and local contexts.

Illuminates the centrality of courtliness in the political and cultural life of the Deccan in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

The British Army''s devastating effectiveness against colonial rebellion is exposed in this military history of Britain''s pacification of the Arab revolt in Palestine.

Examines how authoritarian regimes employ labour emigration in order to remain in power, both in Egypt and beyond.

An ambitious but accessible look at the Muslim merchants of pre-modern China and the flourishing trade links of medieval maritime Asia.

A lively and original study tracing the development of ''laziness'' as a way to understanding emerging civic culture in the Ottoman Empire.

A comprehensive analysis on the development of Egyptian urbanism during the Third Intermediate Period (1076–664 BCE).

Religion and violence are intrinsic to the human story.

The most detailed glimpse to date of daily life in a small town at the end of the Roman Empire.

Studying intellectual trends in Iran in a global historical context, this new intellectual history challenges many dominant paradigms in Iranian historiography.

A new history of the West German-Israeli relationship as these two countries faced terrorism, war, and economic upheaval in a global Cold War environment.

A new history of the West German-Israeli relationship as these two countries faced terrorism, war, and economic upheaval in a global Cold War environment.

A longitudinal history of Islamic child custody law, challenging Euro-American exceptionalism to reveal developments that considered the best interests of the child.

A new perspective on Iranian politics and culture in the 1960s-1970s documenting the ''Westoxification'' discourses adopted by the Pahlavi State.

An engaging and accessible survey of the Mamluk Sultanate which positions the realm within the development of comparative political systems from a global perspective.

Examines Iran''s Armenian community, shedding light on Muslim-Christian relations in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

Israel''s Armor provides a foundational history of the Israel lobby and its influence on American foreign policy.

Drawing on case studies from Islamic history, Haider challenges assumptions about the nature of the sources shaping understandings of the early Muslim world.

An ambitious but accessible look at the Muslim merchants of pre-modern China and the flourishing trade links of medieval maritime Asia.

Traces Abdallah Azzam''s path from a West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan and explains why jihadism went global.

Examines the demographic shifts in the Middle East and North Africa, placing them in their social, political and economic contexts.

Explores how a new conception of kingship helped transform the Ottoman Empire, from regional dynastic sultanate to global empire.

With a focus on the political elite, Sadeghi-Boroujerdi analysis the intellectual and political trajectory of post-revolutionary Iranian reformism.

A lively discussion of the sexual life contained in the Arabian Nights, appealing to academics and general readers.

An original and empirically grounded analysis of the Gulf monarchies and their role in shaping the political economy of the Middle East.

Traces Abdallah Azzam''s path from a West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan and explains why jihadism went global.

This pioneering research brings into focus the Islamic contribution and influence in the development of the modern law of the sea.

A comprehensive analysis on the development of Egyptian urbanism during the Third Intermediate Period (1076–664 BCE).

Offers new and cutting-edge research on the role of drugs in Iranian society and government.

Religion and violence are intrinsic to the human story.

This cutting-edge analysis of Islamic politics and economics shows how Islam builds trust in communities and serves as a collective identity.

Addresses the central role of Jewish and Muslim women''s movements at the heart of the struggle over Jerusalem''s sacred spaces.

Provides a detailed reconstruction of the heated debates between Salafis and Traditionalist over the contested role of Islamic scholarly authority.

Explores ''peace communication'' among children in Israel-Palestine to assess structural outcomes for peace, and illuminate causes for conflict intractability.

This cutting-edge analysis of Islamic politics and economics shows how Islam builds trust in communities and serves as a collective identity.

Addresses the central role of Jewish and Muslim women''s movements at the heart of the struggle over Jerusalem''s sacred spaces.

Provides a detailed reconstruction of the heated debates between Salafis and Traditionalist over the contested role of Islamic scholarly authority.

An engaging and accessible survey of the Mamluk Sultanate which positions the realm within the development of comparative political systems from a global perspective.