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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Egyptian History

Beschreibung

The essays in this Oxford Handbook rethink the modern history of one of the most important and influential countries in the Middle East--Egypt. For a country and region so often understood in terms of religion and violence, this work explores environmental, medical, legal, cultural, and political histories. It gives readers an excellent view of the current debates in Egyptian history.

Autor

Beth Baron is Distinguished Professor of History at the City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York. As a historian of the Middle East, she focuses on gender, medicine, and modern Egypt. She served as editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies and as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. Her research has been funded by grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Carnegie Corporation, Fulbright-Hays, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Jeffrey Culang is a historian of law, religion, and environmental politics in modern Egypt and the Middle East. He earned his PhD in history from the Graduate Center, City University of New York and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. He also served as Managing Editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies. Independent of his work in history and Middle East studies, he is currently a senior editor at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University SIPA.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 180mm x 76mm
• Gewicht: 1108g
• ISBN-13: 9780190072742
• ISBN-10: 0190072741
• Artikelnr.: 68433378