Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts

Name: Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts
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ISBN: 9780195118131

ISBN-10: 0195118138

ISBN-13: 9780195118131

Edition: 1998

Authors: Charles Issawi

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Charles Issawi's collection of essays, Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts, has been written in the belief that a study of the past encounters and conflicts between the world's major cultures can shed light on their nature and importance. Though the emphasis is on the Middle East, of which Issawi is one of our foremost scholars, the subjects covered here range in scope from the great ancient civilizations to Shelley's passion for the Middle East, from the failures of the Greeks as empire builders to the preeminence of English as an international language today. Other essays examine either the way in which certain cultures were formed, or the effects of the direct control of one culture…

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List price: $84.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/30/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 5.79" wide x 8.31" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Introduction



The Clash of Cultures in the Near East



Empire Builders, Culture Makers, and Culture Imprinters



Shelley and the Near East



Ibn Khaldun on Ancient History: A Study in Sources



The Ottoman Economic Legacy



The Greeks in the Middle East



The Costs of the French Revolution



The Struggle for Linguistic Hegemony, 1780-1980



Change in Western Perceptions of the Orient Since the Eighteenth Century