| Subalterns and Social Protest: History from Below in the Middle East and North Africa Contributor(s): Cronin, Stephanie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415423554 ISBN-13: 9780415423557 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Unique in its historical depth and ranging from the medieval period to the present, covering Iran, the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, the Balkans, the Arab Middle East and North Africa, this is the first book to focus on the oppressed and excluded. Challenging the usual elite narratives, the articles in this collection provide an alternative view of Middle Eastern history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - History | Africa - North - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 956 |
| LCCN: 2007010928 |
| Series: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.43 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The articles in this collection provide an alternative view of Middle Eastern history by focusing on the oppressed and the excluded, offering a challenge to the usual elite narratives. The collection is unique in its historical depth - ranging from the medieval period to the present - and its geographical reach, including Iran, the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, the Balkans, the Arab Middle East and North Africa. The first to focus on the oppressed and the excluded, and their differing strategies of survival, of negotiation, and of protest and resistance, the book covers:
Based on perspectives drawn from the work of the great European social historians, and particularly inspired by Antonio Gramsci, the collection seeks to restore a sense of historical agency to subaltern classes in the region, and to uncover 'the politics of the people'. |