Arab History and the Nation-State: A Study in Modern Arab Historiography 1820-1980

by Youssef M. Choueiri

The study of Arab historiography and of the emergence of the Arab nation-state as an object of historical treatment is a matter of considerable current interest. Despite its importance, no academic work has dealt with this subject as a major preoccupation of Arab historians and intellectuals. This book, first published in 1989, discusses the development of modern Arab historiography and its study of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138221384
• ISBN13: 9781138221383
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages