
Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts
Charles Issawi(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 4. June 1998
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-19-511813-1 (ISBN)
Description
Among the forces shaping today's international landscape, those of cultural differences and conflicts are perhaps the most prominent. Charles Issawi's latest collection of essays has been written in the belief that a study of the past encounters and conflicts between the world's major cultures can shed light on their nature and importance. Ranging in scope from the great ancient civilizations to Shelley's passion for the Middle East, from the economics of the Ottoman empire to the pre-eminence of English as an international language, this wonderful collection reflects the many interests of its author, though its main emphasis is on the Middle East, whose cultural conflict with the West cannot fail to be of special concern to us today.
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...Issawi has etched a thought-provoking Middle East cultural map...Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts is enlightening for all those who seek to comprehend how the Middle East has, over the past half-century, evolved into one of the world's most volatile regions. * Middle East Journal *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511813-1 (9780195118131)
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Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts
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Charles Issawi is Bayard Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus at Princeton University.
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Bayard Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, EmeritusBayard Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University
Content
1: The Clash of Cultures in the Near East
2: Empire Builders, Culture Makers, and Culture Imprinters
3: Shelley and the Near East
4: Ibn Khaldun on Roman History
5: The Ottoman Economic Legacy
6: The Greeks in the Middle East
7: The Costs of the French Revolution
8: The Struggle for Linguistic Hegemony, 1780-1980
9: The Change in Western Perceptions of the Orient
2: Empire Builders, Culture Makers, and Culture Imprinters
3: Shelley and the Near East
4: Ibn Khaldun on Roman History
5: The Ottoman Economic Legacy
6: The Greeks in the Middle East
7: The Costs of the French Revolution
8: The Struggle for Linguistic Hegemony, 1780-1980
9: The Change in Western Perceptions of the Orient