Middle Eastern history

This book looks at the historical context and political philosophy of the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, a key figure in the Iranian revolution of 1978–9.

Beshara B.

This book looks at the historical context and political philosophy of the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, a key figure in the Iranian revolution of 1978–9.

Beshara B.

Through a comparative study of Morocco and Tunisia, Feuer proposes a compelling theory accounting for complexities in religion-state relations across the Arab world.

Violence and war have raged between Zionists and Palestinians for over a century, ever since Zionists, trying to establish a nation-state in Palestine, were forced to confront the fact that the country was already populated.

An innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, charting the emergence of a trans-oceanic contractual culture.

An innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, charting the emergence of a trans-oceanic contractual culture.

Analyzes Muslim countries'' contemporary problems, particularly violence, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment, comparing their historical levels of development with Western Europe.

Using historical process tracing, this book examines state interaction with religious elites, institutions, and attachments in Egypt, Greece, and Turkey.

Analyzes Muslim countries'' contemporary problems, particularly violence, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment, comparing their historical levels of development with Western Europe.

Using historical process tracing, this book examines state interaction with religious elites, institutions, and attachments in Egypt, Greece, and Turkey.

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime''s responses to these movements.

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime''s responses to these movements.

A unique look at how cinema shaped the cosmopolitan society in Tehran through cultural exchanges between Iran and the world.

Explains how abortion politics influenced a fundamental shift in conservative Christian politics, teaching conservatives to embrace rights arguments.

Explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization to explain why some Muslim clerics turn to militant jihadism.

Examines Israel and its policing of minorities through the perceptions and experiences of four distinct minority groups.

Explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization to explain why some Muslim clerics turn to militant jihadism.

Now in an updated and expanded third edition, this is a widely acclaimed history of Palestine centred on the experiences of everyday Palestinians.

Analyzes the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their labor force participation and success.

Now in an updated and expanded third edition, this is a widely acclaimed history of Palestine centred on the experiences of everyday Palestinians.

The book introduces a theoretical framework to understand the role of religious leaders in conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

A study of the period of armed conflict following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East.

The book introduces a theoretical framework to understand the role of religious leaders in conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

A study of the period of armed conflict following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East.

Using the newest sources, this book reveals the experience of Ottoman Muslim women during World War I.

A succinct and highly readable narrative of modern Iran from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

This book explores intellectual life, politics and reform in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire by studying statesman and historian Ahmed Vâsıf.

A revised history of Egypt''s doctrine of the unity of the Nile Valley, tracing its struggle from monarchy to revolution.

Using the newest sources, this book reveals the experience of Ottoman Muslim women during World War I.

A succinct and highly readable narrative of modern Iran from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

A multifaceted study of Turkey''s diplomatic, economic, social and cultural relations with the Middle East in the interwar period.

This book explores intellectual life, politics and reform in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire by studying statesman and historian Ahmed Vâsıf.

A revised history of Egypt''s doctrine of the unity of the Nile Valley, tracing its struggle from monarchy to revolution.

Becoming Arab explores how a long history of inter-Asian interaction fared in the face of nineteenth-century racial categorisation and control.

This book examines the institutional relationship between religions, political regimes, and human rights.

Tsui reveals the peculiarities of the Guomindang''s revolutionary enterprise, resituating Nationalist China in the moment of global radical right ascendancy.

This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.

An essential introduction to the history of Algeria, spanning a period of five hundred years.

This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.

An essential introduction to the history of Algeria, spanning a period of five hundred years.

This book traces the history of conflict and contact between Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Ottoman Middle East prior to 1914.

This book traces the history of conflict and contact between Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Ottoman Middle East prior to 1914.

Investigates the conditions which lead workers to leave state-controlled unions and establish independent organizations under authoritarian rule in Egypt.

Investigates the conditions which lead workers to leave state-controlled unions and establish independent organizations under authoritarian rule in Egypt.

Cutting-edge scholarship on post-war Arab intellectual history that challenges conventional thinking about authoritarianism, religion and revolution in the modern Middle East.

An authoritative and detailed overview of early modern Jewish history, with chapters written by leading international experts.

An authoritative and detailed overview of early modern Jewish history, with chapters written by leading international experts.

This book examines the religious attitudes of African American Catholics and their relationships to the church.