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100 1 $aChoueiri, Youssef M.,$d1948-
245 10 $aModern Arab historiography :$bhistorical discourse and the nation-state /$cYoussef M. Choueiri.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledgeCurzon,$c2003.
300 $axiii, 239 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aCulture and civilization in the Middle East
500 $aOriginally published: Arab history and the nation-state. London ; New York : Routledge, 1989.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index.
520 1 $a"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.
505 00 $gpt. I.$tPioneers and amateurs 1820-1920 --$g1.$tPatriotic intellectuals and enlightened patrons: al-Tahtawi and the Egyptian identity --$g2.$tTwo histories of Syria --$g3.$tNew identities and imperial vistas --$gpt. II.$tThe professional historians: managers of legitimation 1920-1980 --$g4.$tMuhammad 'Ali and the Sphinx: Shafiq Ghurbal's histories of Egypt --$g5.$tKamal Salibi and the history of Lebanon: the making of a nation? --$g6.$tThe panacea of historicism: Abdallah Laroui and Morocco's cultural retardation.$gApp. A.$tHistory books translated under the supervision of al-Tahtawi --$gApp. B.$tMuhammad al-Alfi's visit to London and the British press.
651 0 $aArab countries$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aHistoriography$zArab countries.
650 0 $aNationalism$zArab countries.
700 1 $aChoueiri, Youssef M.,$d1948-$tArab history and the nation-state.
830 0 $aCulture and civilisation in the Middle East.
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