A History Of The Arab Peoples: Updated Edition Albert Hourani Faber Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

In A Bestselling Work Of Profound And Lasting Importance The Late Albert Hourani Told Definitive History Arab Peoples From Seventh Century When New Religion Islam Began To Spread Arabian Peninsula Westwards Present Day It Is Masterly Distillation Lifetime Scholarship Unique Insight Into Perpetually Troubled Region This Updated Edition By Malise Ruthven Adds Substantial Chapter Which Includes Recent Events Such As 9 11 Us Invasion Iraq Its Bloody Aftermath Fall Mubarak Ben Ali Regimes Egypt Tunisia Incipient Civil War Syria Bringing Hourani\ S Magisterial Up Date Suggests That While Can Hardly Have Been Expected Predict Detail Massive Upheavals Shaken World Recently He Would Not Entirely Surprised Given Persistence Kin-Patronage Networks Describes His Book Challenges Now Posed Them Media-Aware Generation Dissatisfied Youth Biographical Preface Shows How Perspectives On Were Shaped Background An English-Born Christian With Roots Levant Σελίδες: 640 Διαστάσεις: 12 6X12 6Cm