Middle East History Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Women, Religion and Culture in Iran

   By Sarah Ansari, Vanessa Martin

   Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books

   Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. German Orientalism

   The Study of the Middle East and Islam from 1800 to 1945

   By Ursula Wokoeck

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   During the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, German universities were at the forefront of scholarship in Oriental studies. Drawing upon a comprehensive survey of thousands of German publications on the Middle East from this period, this book presents a detailed history of the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Security in the Gulf: Historical Legacies and Future Prospects

   Edited by Matteo Legrenzi

   This book examines Gulf Security in a holistic way seeing past the narrow military aspect and also trying to debunk the conventional narratives propagated by regional and external actors. In particular, the emphasis is be on the historical legacy of Gulf security and the fundamental domestic and...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Creation of Saudi Arabia

   Ibn Saud and British Imperial Policy, 1914-1927

   By Askar H. Al-Enazy

   Series: History and Society in the Islamic World

   Overturning previous interpretations that see the territorial expansion of the Saudi state between 1915 and 1926 as the result of an aggressive Wahhabi ideology carried out by a politically ambitious Ibn Saud, this book explores the links between Saudi territorial expansion and British Imperial...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Origins of the Libyan Nation

   Colonial Legacy, Exile and the Emergence of a New Nation-State

   By Anna Baldinetti

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it developed through an...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals)

   By Dilip Hiro

   First published in 1985, this is a comprehensive study off the Middle East's most strategic country, set against the background of the Islamic heritage of Iran and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty. The author describes the various phases through which the Islamic revolution has passed,...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt

   Literature, culture, and empire

   By Deborah Starr

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

   Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. While it has been widely noted that such a relationship exists, the nature and impact of this dynamic is often overlooked. Taking a...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Diplomacy and Displacement

   Reconsidering the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations, 1922–1934

   By Onur Yildirim

   Series: Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law

   This study presents a comprehensive, balanced and factually grounded narrative of the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations as a historic event that has been the subject of much distortion in the historiographical traditions of nationalist lore in Greece and Turkey, as well as in scholarly...

   Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. Palestine and the Gulf States

   The Presence at the Table

   By Rosemarie Said Zahlan

   Series: Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law

   This final book from Rosemarie Said Zahlan, renowned scholar of Middle East Politics and History, explores the relationships between Palestine and the Gulf since the 1930s. These relationships have ebbed and flowed, crisscrossed barriers and events, and taken on different forms. They...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
10. Comte de Gobineau and Orientalism

    Selected Eastern Writings

    Edited by Geoffrey Nash, Daniel O'Donoghue

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    Though known to specialists, Comte de Gobineau’s vital if idiosyncratic contribution to Orientalism has only been accessible to the English reader through secondary sources. Especially important for its portrayal of an esoteric Sufi sect like the Ahl-i Haqq, and its vivid narrative of the Babi...

    Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge