London: Faber & Faber. Very Good+. 1991. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear and cover creases, original price sticker to rear cover. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover photo of mid-14th century mosque lamp from the British Museum collection. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Maps; 576 pages; A history of the countries where Arabic is the main language and Islam the principle religion, covering the period from the 7th century to virtually the present day. Illustrated with 12 maps. .

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In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. It is a masterly distillation of a lifetime of scholarship and a unique insight into a perpetually troubled region. This updated edition by Malise Ruthven adds a substantial new chapter which includes recent events such as 9/11, the US invasion of Iraq and its bloody aftermath, the fall of the Mubarak and Ben Ali regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, and the incipient civil war in Syria, bringing Hourani's magisterial history up to date. Ruthven suggests that while Hourani can hardly have been expected to predict in detail the massive upheavals that have shaken the Arab world recently he would not have been entirely surprised, given the persistence of the kin-patronage networks he describes in his book and the challenges now posed to them by a new media-aware generation of dissatisfied youth. In a new biographical preface, Malise Ruthven shows how Hourani's perspectives on Arab history were shaped by his unique background as an English-born Arab Christian with roots in the Levant.

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29171
Title: A History Of The Arab Peoples
Author: Hourani, Albert
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Edition: Reprint; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0571162088
ISBN 13: 9780571162086
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1991
Bookseller catalogs: History;

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