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The Modern
Middle East
by Ilan Pappe
This is the
first introductory textbook on the modern
Middle East to foreground the urban, rural,
cultural and women's histories of the region
over its political and economic history.
Distancing himself from more modernizationist
approaches, the author is concerned with
the ideological question of whom we investigate
in the past rather than how we investigate
the past. This is a ground-breaking contribution
to a more comprehensive view of the region
in a post-September 11th world.
Ilan Pappe
begins his narrative at the end of the First
World War with the Ottoman heritage, and
concludes at the end of the twentieth century
with the political discourse of Islam.
The Modern
Middle East:
* includes a carefully argued introduction
which discusses the methodology used in
the textbook
* provides a thematic and comparative approach
to the region, helping students to see the
peoples of the Middle East and the developments
that affect their lives as part of a larger
world
* includes insights gained from new historiographical
trends and takes a critical approach to
conventional state- and nation-centered
historiographies
* includes case studies, debates, maps,
photos, an up-to-date bibliography and a
glossarial index.
Accessible
and original, The Modern Middle East
will be essential reading for introductory
students on history or politics courses
as well as for journalists and those working
in the region.
About the
Author
Ilan Pappe
teaches politics at Haifa University in
Israel. He has written extensively on the
politics of the Middle East, and is well
known for his revisionist interpretation
of Israeli history and as a critic of Israel's
policies towards the Palestinians. His books
include The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict,
1947-1951 (1992/4) and The Israeli-Palestine
Question (1999).
Reviews
"With its wide geographic and thematic
scope, Ilan Pappé's book is a welcome
addition to the field of Middle Eastern
and North African studies. Rather than taking
the chronological, country-based, and primarily
political focus typical of Middle Eastern
history textbooks, the author studies social
and political change through the prism of
economic trends, rural and urban life, gender
relations, music and literature, and more.
He illustrates twentieth-century developments
with examples ranging from Morocco to Yemen
and Iran, and writes in a manner that is
both clear and accessible. The interdisciplinary
and regional breadth of this book will make
it an asset to undergraduate Middle Eastern
studies curricula."
– Heather J. Sharkey, University of
Pennsylvania
Related Links
Ilan
Pappe speech: The '48 Nakba & The Zionist
Quest for its Completion
Article
by Ilan Pappe: The Geneve Bubble
Mechanisms
of Denial: Justin Podur interviews Ilan
Pappe
The
Disappointing Trajectory of Amir Peretz,
by Ilan Pappe
A History
of Modern Palestine - another book by Ilan
Pappe
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