ABOUT THE BOOK

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. TABLES AND FIGURES vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. 1 Doing History: Modern Middle Eastern Studies Today 1
6. PART 1 New Dimensions of Modernizing Processes
7. 2 The Great Ottoman Debasement, 1808–1844: A Political Economy Framework 19
8. 3 A Prelude to Ottoman Reform: Ibn ‘A¯ bidi¯n on Custom and Legal Change 37
9. 4 The Damascus Affair and the Beginnings of France’s Empire in the Middle East 63
10. 5 The Gender of Modernity: Reflections from Iranian Historiography 75
11. PART 2 Globalization Then and Now
12. 6 From Liberalism to Liberal Imperialism: Lord Cromer and the First Wave of Globalization in Egypt 93
13. 7 Late Capitalism and the Reformation of the Working Classes in the Middle East 113
14. PART 3 Recovering Lost Voices in the Age of Colonialism
15. 8 Exploring the Field: Lost Voices and Emerging Practices in Egypt, 1882–1914 135
16. 9 Slaves or Siblings? Abdallah al-Nadim’s Dialogues About the Family 155
17. 10 Shaikh al-Ra’is and Sultan Abdülhamid II: The Iranian Dimension of Pan-Islam 167
18. PART 4 Constructing Identities, Defining Nations
19. 11 Recruitment for the “Victorious Soldiers of Muhammad” in the Arab Provinces, 1826–1828 187
20. 12 The Politics of History and Memory: A Multidimensional Analysis of the Lausanne Peace Conference, 1922–1923 207
21. 13 Arab Society in Mandatory Palestine: The Half-Full Glass? 229
22. 14 Manly Men on a National Stage (and the Women Who Make Them Stars) 247
23. PART 5 Conclusion
24. 15 The Return of the Concrete? 277
25. GLOSSARY 287
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 289
27. THE CONTRIBUTORS 311
28. INDEX 315
29. ABOUT THE BOOK 325