Middle Eastern Societies in the 20th Century

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ISBN: 978-1-4438-6606-4
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 385 Seiten

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the last 100 years in the Middle East from the perspective of social history. It is apt to date the beginning of the modern Middle East to the industrialization era, while it extends its reach into the present. Taking its lead from modernization theory, this book illustrates past expectations of the present and helps to understand everyday occurrences rather than sensational events. It adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective and concentrates on the relationship between history and social theory. From a historical perspective, the categories of social anthropology and social theory are referred to as social mobility, urbanization, migration, cultural change, gender identities and the young generation. The book addresses the primary issues of importance for the region, namely: natural and human resources; demography and its dynamics; family life; patriarchy and the emancipation of women; class structure and social mobility; ethnic and religious minorities; migration and its impact on culture and politics; refugees’ problems in historical and contemporary contexts; urbanization in the Middle Eastern context; the challenges of development; and, finally, the social and political consequences of the Arab Spring.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zdanowski, Jerzy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Zdanowski, Jerzy
Jerzy Zdanowski is a Researcher and Professor at the Institute for Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Warsaw, and has been involved in Middle Eastern studies since 1978. He has served as a Visiting Scholar in various institutions, including Kuwait University, the University of Jordan, Cairo University, Sheikh Zayed University at Abu Dhabi, Princeton University (Senior Fulbright Scholar), the SOAS, and Maison Mediterranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme in Aix-en-Provence, and has lectured at Princeton, Columbia, Hebrew University, Haifa, Berlin, Trinity College at Dublin University, and The Great Mosque of Sultan Qaboos in Muscat. His publications include books and articles on the modern Middle East, and especially the Arabian Peninsula. The most recent are Speaking With Their Own Voices: The Stories of Slaves in the Persian Gulf in the 20th Century (2014); “The Right to Manumit and British Relations with Ibn Saud and Persia in the 1920s” in Journal of Contemporary History (2014); Slavery and Manumission: British Policy in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the First Half of the 20th Century (2013); “The Manumission Movement in the Gulf in the First Half of the Twentieth Century”, in Middle Eastern Studies (2011); “The Saudi Shi’a and Political Reform in Saudi Arabia” in Political Change in the Arab Gulf States: Stuck in Transition (edited by M.A. Tetrault, G. Okruhlik, and A. Kapiszewski; 2011).

Jerzy Zdanowski is a Researcher and Professor at the Institute for Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Warsaw, and has been involved in Middle Eastern studies since 1978. He has served as a Visiting Scholar in various institutions, including Kuwait University, the University of Jordan, Cairo University, Sheikh Zayed University at Abu Dhabi, Princeton University (Senior Fulbright Scholar), the SOAS, and Maison Mediterranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme in Aix-en-Provence, and has lectured at Princeton, Columbia, Hebrew University, Haifa, Berlin, Trinity College at Dublin University, and The Great Mosque of Sultan Qaboos in Muscat. His publications include books and articles on the modern Middle East, and especially the Arabian Peninsula. The most recent are Speaking With Their Own Voices: The Stories of Slaves in the Persian Gulf in the 20th Century (2014); “The Right to Manumit and British Relations with Ibn Saud and Persia in the 1920s” in Journal of Contemporary History (2014); Slavery and Manumission: British Policy in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the First Half of the 20th Century (2013); “The Manumission Movement in the Gulf in the First Half of the Twentieth Century”, in Middle Eastern Studies (2011); “The Saudi Shi’a and Political Reform in Saudi Arabia” in Political Change in the Arab Gulf States: Stuck in Transition (edited by M.A. Tetrault, G. Okruhlik, and A. Kapiszewski; 2011).