Modernization in the Middle East: the Ottoman Empire and its Afro-Asian successors
by Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs., Center of International Studies, Black, Cyril E., (Cyril Edwin), Brown, L. Carl, (Leon Carl), Princeton University., Program in Near Eastern Studies
Historisch overzicht van de rol van vrouwen in de geschiedenis van het Nabije Oosten, met speciale aandacht voor de periode 19e en 20e eeuw.
Describes changes in women's lives from ancient times to the last two centuries, and discusses how an expanding Islam both changed and was influenced by local customs.
"Politics in the Middle East is now seen and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region--and particularly with the politics o…
The Holocaust and North Africa
"The Holocaust is usually understood as a European story. Yet, this pivotal episode unfolded across North Africa and reverberated through politics, literature, memoir, and memory--Muslim as well as Jewish--in the post-war years. The Holocaust and North Africa offers the first En…
This title focuses primarily on the end of the pagan religious tradition and the dismantling of its material form in North Africa from the 4th to the 6th centuries AD. Anna Leone considers how urban communities changed, why some traditions were lost and some others continued, an…
"This book focuses primarily on the end of the pagan religious tradition and the dismantling of its material in North Africa (modern Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) from the 4th to the 6th centuries AD. Leone considers how urban communities changed, why some traditions were lost an…