Belknap Press

A History of the Arab Peoples

Description

  • a definitive work.
  • a coverage of whole Arab World in this season of Arab Spring
  • Covers a broad scope of issues from Palestinian question to the role of women

A History of the Arab Peoples covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought, in a work of profound and lasting importance. A magnificent display of the late Albert Hourani's lifetime of scholarship, it was a best-seller on first publication in 1991.