The Modern Middle East :  a reader / 
edited by Albert Hourani, Philip S. Khoury, and Mary C. Wilson. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - London :  I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd.,  2005. 
 - xi, 680 p. :  maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> This valuable collection of essays brings leading Middle Eastern scholars together in one volume and provides an unparalleled view of the modern Middle East. Covering two centuries of change, from 1789 to the present, the selection is carefully designed for students and is the only available text of its kind. It will also appeal to anyone with a general interest in the Middle East.The book is divided into four sections: Reforming Elites and Changing Relations with Europe, 1789-1918 Transformations in Society and Economy, 1789-1918 The Construction of Nationalist Ideologies and Politics up to the 1950s and The Middle East since the Second World War. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781860649639 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--History--1517-