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The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism, 1860-1914 - (California World History Library) by Ilham Khuri-Makdisi (Paperback)
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Highlights
- In this groundbreaking book, Ilham Khuri-Makdisi establishes the existence of a special radical trajectory spanning four continents and linking Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria between 1860 and 1914.
- About the Author: Ilham Khuri-Makdisi is Assistant Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies at Northeastern University.
- 296 Pages
- Social Science, Emigration & Immigration
- Series Name: California World History Library
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Book Synopsis
In this groundbreaking book, Ilham Khuri-Makdisi establishes the existence of a special radical trajectory spanning four continents and linking Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria between 1860 and 1914. She shows that socialist and anarchist ideas were regularly discussed, disseminated, and reworked among intellectuals, workers, dramatists, Egyptians, Ottoman Syrians, ethnic Italians, Greeks, and many others in these cities. In situating the Middle East within the context of world history, Khuri-Makdisi challenges nationalist and elite narratives of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history as well as Eurocentric ideas about global radical movements. The book demonstrates that these radical trajectories played a fundamental role in shaping societies throughout the world and offers a powerful rethinking of Ottoman intellectual and social history.From the Back Cover
"The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism is the perfect antidote to the deterministic histories that have for so long obscured how the Middle East came to modernity. Khuri-Makdisi rightly argues that it was both more complex and more open to the outside influences than either nationalist historians (who see only the state) or the partisans of the new orientalism (who see only Islam) have been willing to admit. This book has been badly needed for some time."--Edmund Burke III, co-editor of The Environment and World HistoryReview Quotes
"A dazzling array of published and archival sources in Arabic, Ottoman, Italian, French, and English."-- "Arab Studies Journal" (7/16/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Effectively disputes tired and old paradigms. . . . An essential contribution to the literature of the origins of left-wing radicalism."--Fraser Ottanelli "European Legacy" (10/19/2012 12:00:00 AM)
About the Author
Ilham Khuri-Makdisi is Assistant Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies at Northeastern University.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 296
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Emigration & Immigration
Series Title: California World History Library
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Ilham Khuri-Makdisi
Language: English
Street Date: August 3, 2013
TCIN: 85747708
UPC: 9780520280144
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-8142
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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