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WN 2010
History
HISTORY 443 - Modern Middle East History
Section 001
Credits: 4
Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit.
Cross-Listed Classes:
AAPTIS 487 - Mod Mid East History, Section 001
Primary Instructor: Partovi,Pedram

 
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This course treats the emergence of the modern Middle East in the modern period, roughly from the late 18th century to the present. It deals with reformist attempts to meet the European challenge, the age of colonialism, the rise of nationalism, development strategies of socialism and capitalism, the impact of Israeli and Palestinian nationalism, the petroleum factor, the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the Gulf War and the war on terror. Grading is based upon a midterm, a short paper and a final.
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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)
ISBN: 0521528917 A history of modern Iran, Author: Ervand Abrahamian., Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008
Required
ISBN: 1860649580 Turkey a modern history, Author: Erik J. Zurcher, Publisher: Tauris [Nachdr.] 2005
Required
ISBN: 0521700760 A history of Egypt : from the Arab conquest to the present, Author: Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot., Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2nd ed. 2008
Required
ISBN: 0312437366 Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict Charles D. Smith., Author: Charles D. Smith., Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's 6th ed. 2007
Required
ISBN: 0521878233 A history of Iraq, Author: Charles Tripp., Publisher: Cambridge University Press 3rd ed. 2007
Required

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