Untold Histories of the Middle East: Recovering Voices from the 19th and 20th Centuries

by Selçuk Akşin Somel, Christopher Neumann, Christoph K. Neumann

Book Overview

Much traditional historiography consciously and unconsciously glosses over certain discourses, narratives, and practices. This book examines silences or omissions in Middle Eastern history at the turn of the twenty-first century, to give a fuller account of the society, culture and politics.

With a particular focus on the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Palestine, the contributors consider how and why such silences occur, as well...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138788899
• ISBN13: 9781138788893
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"