Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East

by Edmund Burke III and David N. Yaghoubian

Book Overview

Until the 1993 first edition of this book, one thing had been missing in Middle Eastern history--depiction of the lives of ordinary Middle Eastern men and women, peasants, villagers, pastoralists, and urbanites. Now updated and revised, the second edition has added six new portraits of individuals set in the contemporary period. It features twenty-four brief biographies drawn from throughout the Middle East--from Morocco to Afghanistan--in which the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520246616
• ISBN13: 9780520246614
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Serious Stuff

A very good book, but strictly for the serious student of the Middle East because the author utilizes too much historic and political background in the sketches. The references within each profile are difficult to understand and to appreiate by the casual reader.