| The Middle East in the World: An Introduction Contributor(s): Volk, Lucia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0765639769 ISBN-13: 9780765639769 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 956 |
| LCCN: 2013043260 |
| Series: Foundations in Global Studies: The Regional Landscape |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (1.45 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Middle East in the World offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to the broader Middle East. After a brief introduction to the study of the region, the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of Middle Eastern history; important historical narratives; and the region's languages, religions, and global connections. Students are guided through the material with relevant maps, resource boxes, and text boxes that support and guide further independent exploration of the topics at hand. The second half of the book presents interdisciplinary case studies, each of which focuses on a specific country or sub-region and a salient issue, offering a taste of the cultural distinctiveness of the particular country while also drawing attention to global linkages. Readers will come away from this book with an understanding of the larger historical, political, and cultural frameworks that shaped the Middle East as we know it today, and of current issues that have relevance in the Middle East and beyond. |