
The Arabs
A Short History with Documents
Heinz Halm(Author)
Luke Yarbrough(Editor)
Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Published on 1. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-55876-546-7 (ISBN)
Description
Heinz Halm is an internationally renowned scholar of the Middle East, whose books, including The Shiites: A Short History and The Arabs: A Short History, have been translated into many languages. The Arabs, Heinz Halm¿s masterful narrative, is now available in two versions: as a general reader and introductory text for college courses (see page 3) and, now, in an expanded version of the original edition (also available from Markus Wiener) with a new 160-page annotated appendix of primary sources. The new source appendix, edited by Luke Yarbrough and Oded Zinger, greatly enhances the text¿s value for teachers as well as for general readers. Some 40 primary source readings ¿ ranging from Spain to Iraq, from classical antiquity to the 2011 Arab Spring, and from poetry and scripture to medieval economics and travelogue ¿ provide a classroom-ready component for courses in history, area studies, and religious studies. Several of the readings occur here for the first time in translation; all have been chosen to give vivid and representative accounts of the Arabs¿ history as told by those who experienced it. Taken together, they offer readers a glimpse into the vast, richly textured mosaic of texts that have been generated by and about the Arabs and encourage further exploration.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55876-546-7 (9781558765467)
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