Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939

Professor Albert Hourani
Cambridge University Press
9780521274234
0-521-27423-0

This reissue again makes available Hourani's comprehensive study of the roots of Arab nationalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It focuses on the movement of ideas in two countries, Egypt and Lebanon..

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The author has written a new preface that puts new emphasis on research and interpretation.