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- catalog abstract ""This book discusses the development of modern Arab historiography and its study of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, and analyses the work of three contemporary Arab historians from Egypt, the Lebanon and Morocco. An important and highly readable account, it reaffirms the importance of historiography and proposes a revision of the manner in which modern Arab thought has hitherto been classified and interpreted."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12749998.
- catalog contributor b12749999.
- catalog coverage "Arab countries Historiography.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""This book discusses the development of modern Arab historiography and its study of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, and analyses the work of three contemporary Arab historians from Egypt, the Lebanon and Morocco. An important and highly readable account, it reaffirms the importance of historiography and proposes a revision of the manner in which modern Arab thought has hitherto been classified and interpreted."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Pioneers and amateurs 1820-1920 -- 1. Patriotic intellectuals and enlightened patrons: al-Tahtawi and the Egyptian identity -- 2. Two histories of Syria -- 3. New identities and imperial vistas -- pt. II. The professional historians: managers of legitimation 1920-1980 -- 4. Muhammad 'Ali and the Sphinx: Shafiq Ghurbal's histories of Egypt -- 5. Kamal Salibi and the history of Lebanon: the making of a nation? -- 6. The panacea of historicism: Abdallah Laroui and Morocco's cultural retardation. App. A. History books translated under the supervision of al-Tahtawi -- App. B. Muhammad al-Alfi's visit to London and the British press.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 239 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0700716025".
- catalog identifier "0700716505 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Culture and civilisation in the Middle East.".
- catalog isPartOf "Culture and civilization in the Middle East".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon,".
- catalog spatial "Arab countries Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "Arab countries.".
- catalog subject "909/.0974927/072017492 21".
- catalog subject "DS37.4 .C46 2003".
- catalog subject "Historiography Arab countries.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism Arab countries.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Pioneers and amateurs 1820-1920 -- 1. Patriotic intellectuals and enlightened patrons: al-Tahtawi and the Egyptian identity -- 2. Two histories of Syria -- 3. New identities and imperial vistas -- pt. II. The professional historians: managers of legitimation 1920-1980 -- 4. Muhammad 'Ali and the Sphinx: Shafiq Ghurbal's histories of Egypt -- 5. Kamal Salibi and the history of Lebanon: the making of a nation? -- 6. The panacea of historicism: Abdallah Laroui and Morocco's cultural retardation. App. A. History books translated under the supervision of al-Tahtawi -- App. B. Muhammad al-Alfi's visit to London and the British press.".
- catalog title "Modern Arab historiography : historical discourse and the nation-state / Youssef M. Choueiri.".
- catalog type "text".