A History of the Arab Peoples: Albert Hourani, c. 1991.
Chapters 1 -2: the formation of the empire.
Chapter 3: the formation of a society.
Chapter 4: the articulation of Islam.
Part II: Arab Muslim Societies -- 11th to 15th centuries
Chapter 5: the Arab Muslim world
Chapter 6: the countryside
Chapter 7: the life of cities
Chapter 8: cities and their rulers
Chapter 9: the ways of Islam
Chapter 10: the culture of the 'Ulama
Chapter 11: divergent paths of thought
Chapter 12: the culture of courts and people
Part III: The Ottoman Age -- 16th to 18th centuries
Chapter 13: the Ottoman Empire
Chapter 14: Ottoman societies
Chapter 15: the changing balance of power in the 18th century
Part IV; the age of European Empires -- 1800 - 1939
Chapter 16: European power and reforming governments (1800 - 1860)
Chapter 17: European empires and dominant elites (1860 - 1914)
Chapter 18: the culture of imperialism and reform
Chapter 19: the climax of European power 91914 - 1939)
Chapter 20: changing ways of life and thought (1914 - 1939)
Part V: The Age of Nation-States (since 1939)
Chapter 21: the end of the empires (1939 - 1962)
Chapter 22: changing societies (1940s and 1950s)
Chapter 23: national culture (1940s and 1950s)
Chapter 24: the climax of Arabism (1950s and 1960s)
Chapter 25: Arab unity and disunity (since 1967)
Chapter 26: a disturbance of spirits (since 1967)
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