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A history of the Arab peoples / Albert Hourani

By:

Hourani, Albert Habib

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press , 1991.Description: xx, 551 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0674395654

Subject(s):

Arab countries -- --History

DDC classification:

909.0974 HOU

LOC classification:

DS37.7 .H67 1991

Summary: No region in the world today is more important than the Middle East: no people more misunderstood than the Arabs.In this definitive masterwork, distinguished Oxford historian Albert Hourani offers the most lucid, enlightening history ever written on the subject.From the rise of Island to the Palestinian issue, from the Prophet Mohammed to Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi.A History of the Arab Peoples chronicles the rich spiritual, political, and cultural institutions of this civilization through thirteen centuries of war, peace, literature, and religion.Lauded by authorities, encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, here is a remarkable window on today's conflictsand on the future of a glorious and troubled land.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	909.0974 HOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		027445

Includes bibliographical references (p. 500-529) and indexes.

No region in the world today is more important than the Middle East: no people more misunderstood than the Arabs.In this definitive masterwork, distinguished Oxford historian Albert Hourani offers the most lucid, enlightening history ever written on the subject.From the rise of Island to the Palestinian issue, from the Prophet Mohammed to Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi.A History of the Arab Peoples chronicles the rich spiritual, political, and cultural institutions of this civilization through thirteen centuries of war, peace, literature, and religion.Lauded by authorities, encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, here is a remarkable window on today's conflictsand on the future of a glorious and troubled land.

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