{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-arab-peoples-updated-edition","title":"A History of the Arab Peoples: Updated Edition","description":"In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. It is a masterly distillation of a lifetime of scholarship and a unique insight into a perpetually troubled region.\nThis updated edition by Malise Ruthven adds a substantial new chapter which includes recent events such as 9\/11, the US invasion of Iraq and its bloody aftermath, the fall of the Mubarak and Ben Ali regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, and the incipient civil war in Syria, bringing Hourani's magisterial history up to date.\nRuthven suggests that while Hourani can hardly have been expected to predict in detail the massive upheavals that have shaken the Arab world recently he would not have been entirely surprised, given the persistence of the kin-patronage networks he describes in his book and the challenges now posed to them by a new media-aware generation of dissatisfied youth.\nIn a new biographical preface, Malise Ruthven shows how Hourani's perspectives on Arab history were shaped by his unique background as an English-born Arab Christian with roots in the Levant.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0571288014\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0571288014.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hourani, Albert\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41886543216698,"sku":"DBV.0571288014.G","price":10.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0571288014-0.jpg?v=1793764380","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-arab-peoples-updated-edition","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}