Thursday, January 17, 2019

The History Of The Arab Peoples -- Continued

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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