Sources In The History Of The Modern Middle East

This unique primary source reader provides first-hand accounts of the events described in Middle Eastern history survey texts. It is an up-to-date collection of primary documents on the modern Middle East, giving students access to many documents that are rarely available in English translations. The text is organized into 10 chapters featuring chapter introductions and headnotes. The primary source documents cover the late 18th through the 20th centuries, exploring political, social, economic, and cultural history and infusing the volume with the voices of real people. The last chapter covers globalization and cultural pluralism in the Middle East and North Africa.--Publisher description.