1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798378103321

Autore

Fraser T. G.

Titolo

The makers of the modern Middle East / / T G Fraser ; with Andrew Mango and Robert McNamara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Gingko Library, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-909942-01-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

956.7041092

Soggetti

Nationalism - Middle East - History - 20th century

Zionism - History - 20th century

Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948

Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Middle East

Middle East History 1914-1923

Middle East Politics and government 1914-1945

Middle East Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. The Birth of Nationalisms; 2. Wartime Promises and Expectations; 3. Arabs and Zionists in Paris; 4. San Remo and Sèvres: the Flawed Peace; 5. The Middle East Rebels and the Peace Settlement Revisited; 6. From War to War; 7. Conclusion: The Legacy; Further Reading; Index



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810062103321

Autore

Araújo Marta

Titolo

The contours of Eurocentrism : race, history, and political texts / / Marta Araújo and Silvia Rodríguez Maeso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-7391-8450-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

901

Soggetti

History - Philosophy

Eurocentrism - Philosophy

Civilization, Western - Philosophy

Eurocentrism - Political aspects

Racism - Political aspects

Historiography - Political aspects

Knowledge, Theory of - Political aspects

History - Study and teaching - Political aspects

Decolonization - Africa

National liberation movements - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Eurocentrism, race, and the production of history -- Global, regional, and national debates in history teaching -- History, race, and textbooks : performing the evasion of power -- Struggling with narratives : multiperspectivity and African national liberation movements -- Epilogue: "History matters...and yet".

Sommario/riassunto

"This book proposes an approach to Eurocentrism as a paradigm of knowledge production and interpretation rooted in the Western narrative of modernity and its racial governmentalities. It contributes to the critique of the contemporary workings of Eurocentrism and racism that have frustrated the struggles for the decolonization of knowledge and continue to shape our understandings of the world order in racially hierarchical terms, by re-centering the West/Europe"--Provided by



publisher.