Thabit Abdullah

A Short History of Iraq (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The twentieth century witnessed the transformation of the area known currently as Iraq from a backward region of the Ottoman Empire, to one of the most important and dynamic states in the Middle East. The rise of modern Iraq has its roots in the second half of the nineteenth century when Ottoman reforms led to gradual state modernization and increasing integration in the World Economy. British control after World War I was one of the determining factors in the establishment of the current borders of the country and the nature of its subsequent national identity. The other important factor was the highly heterogeneous nature of Iraqi society being divided along tribal, ethnic, religious, and sectarian lines.
This book focuses on the interaction between the old and the new, or between continuity and change, as it is manifested in the nature of social development, nation-building, the state and the political opposition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317864202
• Artikelnr.: 41067474

Autorenporträt

Thabit A. J. Abdullah is Professor of History at York University, Canada. He is the author of Merchants, Mamluks and Murder: The Political Economy of Trade in Eighteenth Century Basra (2001), and Dictatorship, Imperialism and Chaos: Iraq Since 1989 (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments. Chronology of main events. Maps. Introduction. 1. From the Arab conquest to the fall of Baghdad
636-1258. 2. Iraq under Mongol and Turkoman rule
1258-1534. 3. The first three centuries of Ottoman rule
1534-1831. 4. The Tanzimat and Young Turk period
1831-1918. 5. Mandate and Monarchy
1918-1958. 6. The struggle for the Republic
1958-1979. 7. The dictatorship of Saddam Husayn
1979-2003. 8. Iraq Under American Hegemony
2003-2009. Conclusion. Select bibliography. Index.