The Arab world's legacy : essays / by Charles Issawi.
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| Location | Call Number | Status | Consortium Loan |
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| George Washington | |||
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Gelman stacks
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DS 37.7 .I87 (show me on map) | Available | Request |
| American | |||
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LIB stacks
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DS37.7 .I87 | Available | Request |
| George Mason | |||
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Fenwick stacks
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DS37.7 .I87 | Available | Request |
| Georgetown | |||
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Qatar stacks
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DS37.7 .I87 1981 | Available |
| Subjects |
Arab countries -- History.
Arab countries. Arabistiek. Civilization, Arab. Islam. Middle East. |
| Description |
378 pages ; 24 cm
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| Copyright Date |
[1981]
©1981 |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents |
The Christian-Muslim frontier in the Mediterranean -- The area and population of the Arab empire -- The contribution of the Arabs to Islamic civilization -- The historical role of Muhammad -- Arab geography and the circumnavigation of Africa -- Al-Mutanabbi in Egypt (957-962) -- The decline of Middle Eastern trade, 1100-1850 -- Europe, the Middle East and the shift in power -- Crusades and current crises in the Near East -- Reflections on the study of Oriental civilizations -- Middle Eastern economic development, 1815-1914 -- The bases of Arab unity -- The transformation of the economic position of the Millets in the nineteenth century -- The Arab world's heavy legacy -- Economic and social foundations of democracy in the Middle East -- European loan-words in contemporary Arabic writing -- Economic change and urbanization in the Middle East -- Asymmetrical development and transport in Egypt, 1800-1914 -- The entrepreneurial class -- Schools of economic history and the Middle East -- The change in the western perception of the Orient -- The river and the fire : a cautionary tale.
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| Genre |
History.
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| Geographic Area |
Arab countries
Middle East |
| Network Numbers |
(OCoLC)7459368
(OCoLC)ocm07459368 |
| WorldCat | Search OCLC WorldCat |
| WorldCat Identities | Issawi, Charles Philip.
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