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Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times
- Title
- Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times / Nissim Rejwan.
- Author
- Rejwan, Nissim.
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 08-3661 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 210 p.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-204) and index.
- Contents
- The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree -- Identity and self-definition -- Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised -- "Arabizing the Arabs" -- Self-images old and new -- Calls for "critical self-analysis" -- Unity in diversity -- The quest for democracy -- Resources and development -- The social scene -- The case of Egypt -- The West's inroads -- The difference Israel has made -- New lessons for old -- The intellectuals -- Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-3661
- ISBN
- 9780292717275 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 029271727X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780292717282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0292717288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007033592
- OCLC
- 164803646
- Author
- Rejwan, Nissim.
- Title
- Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times / Nissim Rejwan.
- Imprint
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-204) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-3661