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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arthur Goldschmidt , Professor Lawrence Davidson , Tom WeinerPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks Edition: 9th ed. Dimensions: Width: 17.30cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 16.30cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781441739773ISBN 10: 1441739777 Publication Date: 01 June 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAs someone who has encountered the run of good, fair and middling texts on the Middle East, I can only offer unmixed praise for the new edition of A Concise History of the Middle East...Their narrative...is sparklingly clear and straightforward for even the 'general reader'. They meticulously avoid bias, especially when they explore the tumultuous factors of modernization and westernization in battle against residual forces of ethno-cultural traditionalism. Throughout their remarkable text, they balance a clear treatment of politics and diplomacy, familiar from earlier generations of scholarship with insights into the region's historically evolving norms of society and culture. -- Mark Seifter, Lehigh Carbon Community College Our students and faculty alike have found this to be a well-organized, comprehensive, balanced, and exceptionally readable textbook. The authors blend significant historical detail with timely political analysis in a cogent style that is compelling and lucid. -- Donald Wagner, North Park University, Chicago This is a text that breathes life into the history it presents...The authors are not afraid to spell out [complexities] in a style that is at once accessible and gently provocative. This is a text with personality. -- Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas This review and update of A Concise History of the Middle East makes it once again the premier text for the study of the Middle East. Goldschmidt and Davidson's well-written and solidly argued analyses of the most important and crucial developments of Middle Eastern history and politics...could not be timelier...It will be a favorite of students and professors alike. -- Robert Olson, University of Kentucky Our students and faculty alike have found this to be a well-organized, comprehensive, balanced, and exceptionally readable textbook. The authors blend significant historical detail with timely political analysis in a cogent style that is compelling and lucid. -- Donald Wagner, North Park University, Chicago As someone who has encountered the run of good, fair and middling texts on the Middle East, I can only offer unmixed praise for the new edition of A Concise History of the Middle East...Their narrative...is sparklingly clear and straightforward for even the 'general reader'. They meticulously avoid bias, especially when they explore the tumultuous factors of modernization and westernization in battle against residual forces of ethno-cultural traditionalism. Throughout their remarkable text, they balance a clear treatment of politics and diplomacy, familiar from earlier generations of scholarship with insights into the region's historically evolving norms of society and culture. -- Mark Seifter, Lehigh Carbon Community College This is a text that breathes life into the history it presents...The authors are not afraid to spell out [complexities] in a style that is at once accessible and gently provocative. This is a text with personality. -- Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas This review and update of A Concise History of the Middle East makes it once again the premier text for the study of the Middle East. Goldschmidt and Davidson's well-written and solidly argued analyses of the most important and crucial developments of Middle Eastern history and politics...could not be timelier...It will be a favorite of students and professors alike. -- Robert Olson, University of Kentucky Author InformationArthur Goldschmidt Jr. is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern history at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Modern Egypt: Foundation of a Nation-State and the recipient of the Amoco Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching and the 2000 Middle East Studies Association Mentoring Award. Lawrence Davidson is a professor of history at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He is the author ofAmerica's Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood, Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing America's National Interest, and coauthor of A Concise History of the Middle East. Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |