The modern Middle East : a social and cultural history / (Record no. 1663)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415829519 (pbk) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0-415-82951-9 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 956.04 |
| Item number | PAP/T |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pappé, Ilan. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The modern Middle East : a social and cultural history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ilan Pappé. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Third edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvi, 384 pages : |
| Dimensions | 26 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction: whose'modern times'? 1<br/>Theories of modernization 2<br/>Alternative views? 9<br/>1 The political and economic background 17<br/>Political developments 17<br/>The economic background 42<br/>2 The rural history ofthe Middle East in the twentieth century 61<br/>The fast pace of change: the end of self-subsistence and autonomy 63<br/>The colonial invasion of rural space 71<br/>Under the yoke or blessing of independence 77<br/>The anatomy of failure 79<br/>The balance sheet of the Green Revolution 90<br/>The slow pace of history: recurring patterns of rural and tribal life 95<br/>The history of the clan and the family 95<br/>Ruralization versus urbanization: the transformation of values,<br/>hierarchies and social structures 99<br/>The case of Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi 100<br/>The transformation of tribal space in the twentieth century 102<br/>The ambivalent history of tribalism and kinship 107<br/>Conclusions 112<br/>3 Urban history 115<br/>Questions of categorization 117<br/>The demographic factor 119<br/>The working class and labour 124<br/>The history of trade unionism and communism: the first half of the<br/>twentieth century 126<br/>The Egyptian case 128<br/>The unique case of Iraq 129<br/>Missed opportunities in Palestine 132<br/>Trade unionism under independence: the case of North Africa 133<br/>The politics of the marketpace 133<br/>The historiographical debate over trade unionism 136<br/>The history of the urban middle class: the late nineteenth century 137<br/>The politicization of the notables and middle class: effendiyya and<br/>pashas 138<br/>A changing political culture: the loss of the multicultural city 142<br/>Urban political culture under independence 144<br/>New faces of the Middle Eastern city 147<br/>The preoccupation with security 170<br/>Living under the threat of nationalization 134<br/>Survival mechanisms and networks 177<br/>The new face of the city: the history of the unemployed 139<br/>4 Popular culture: music, dance and arts 165<br/>Music in the twentieth century 167<br/>The Egyptian trio 169<br/>The Ra't heritage 173<br/>The modern history of the ud 177<br/>Dancing with the living and the dead 179<br/>On stage and screen 182<br/>5 The history ofthe written word 197<br/>The press revolution, 1815-1900 198<br/>The novel: early beginnings 201<br/>The place of Naguib Mahfouz 203<br/>The short novel 206<br/>Motifs of the twentieth century 207<br/>Freedom of speech and writing 212<br/>The language of culture 216<br/>The poetics of the century 220<br/>6 HIstorlesof Middle Eastern women 225<br/>An overview 227<br/>The construction of an autonomous space 229<br/>Legal reformers in the service of women 237<br/>'Women worthies' 243<br/>Nationalism and feminism 230<br/>Women and political Islam 260<br/>Economic change and the position of women 268<br/>7 The many faces of religion in the twenty-first century 275<br/>Political Islam as an intellectual discourse 277<br/>The personal space of Islamic traditions 288<br/>Iran: the exception or the rule? 292<br/>Christianity in the modern Middle East 297<br/>8 The new media revolution 301<br/>The advent of the electronic media 301<br/>Satellite television 304<br/>The Internet revolution 307<br/>9 The globalized Middle East in the twenty-first century:<br/>three final aspects 313<br/>Prospects for a new economic future? 313<br/>The perils of over-urbanization: the basis for future unrest and<br/>revolutions? 317<br/>The struggle for the soul: the new media and the challenge of<br/>political Islam 318<br/>The future: saints, libraries and satellites 321<br/>10 The'Arab Spring': a defining moment for Middle Eastern<br/>scholars 325<br/>Reappraisal and dissent: past debates 328<br/>The regional expert's search for universalism 331<br/>The emotional and engaged scholar: a recipe for the future? 333 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Middle East |
| General subdivision | Social conditions |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Middle East |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Middle East |
| General subdivision | Economic conditions |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Middle East |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 31/05/2016 | 956.04 PAP/T | P43920 | 10/02/2023 | General Books |