The modern Middle East : a history / James L. Gelvin.

Author/creator Gelvin, James L., 1951- author.
Format Book
EditionSixth edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxvi, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Partial contents PART I. THE ADVENT OF THE MODERN AGE -- Chapter 1. From Late Antiquity to the Dawn of a New Age -- Chapter 2. Gunpowder Empires -- Chapter 3. The Middle East and the Modern World System -- Chapter 4. War, Diplomacy, and the New Global Balance of Power -- PART II. THE QUESTION OF MODERNITY -- Chapter 5. Defensive Developmentalism -- Chapter 6. Imperialism -- Chapter 7. Wasif Jawhariyyeh and the Great Nineteenth-Century Transformation -- Photo Essay: The Great Nineteenth-Century -- Transformation and Its Aftermath -- Chapter 8. The Life of the Mind -- Chapter 9. Secularism and Modernity.
Abstract "This book is about the modern Middle East. Its underlying argument is that the eighteenth century marked a new phase in the evolution of world history. Two important characteristics distinguish modern history: a world economy unlike any that had existed before and a world system of nation-states. On the one hand, the modern period marks the emergence of an integrated world market, binding together nations in a global division of labor. On the other hand, during the modern period a new form of political association-the nation-state-appears on the world stage for the first time, spreads, and achieves primacy worldwide. These twin systems have affected economic, social, cultural, and political life everywhere in ways that were unprecedented in world history"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2025018179
ISBN9780197800195
ISBN019780019X paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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