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Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1578–1727
Nabil Matar
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Description for Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1578–1727
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
Traveling to archives in Tunisia, Morocco, France, and England, with visits to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Spain, Nabil Matar assembles a rare history of Europe's rise to power as seen through the eyes of those who were later subjugated by it. Many historians of the Middle East believe Arabs and Muslims had no interest in Europe during this period of Western discovery and empire, but in fact these groups were very much engaged with the naval and industrial development, politics, and trade of European Christendom. Beginning in 1578 with a major Moroccan victory over a Portuguese invading army, Matar surveys ... Read more
Traveling to archives in Tunisia, Morocco, France, and England, with visits to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Spain, Nabil Matar assembles a rare history of Europe's rise to power as seen through the eyes of those who were later subjugated by it. Many historians of the Middle East believe Arabs and Muslims had no interest in Europe during this period of Western discovery and empire, but in fact these groups were very much engaged with the naval and industrial development, politics, and trade of European Christendom. Beginning in 1578 with a major Moroccan victory over a Portuguese invading army, Matar surveys ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231141949
SKU
V9780231141949
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About Nabil Matar
Nabil Matar is professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of a trilogy on Britain and the Islamic Mediterranean: Islam in Britain, 1578-1685; Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery; and Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689. He is also author and translator of In the Lands of the Christians.
Reviews for Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1578–1727
This book fills a huge gap in our understanding of the history of that period. Times Higher Education Supplement An excellent example of the creative use of source material... Highly recommended. Choice Europe Through Arab Eyes offers a tantalizing glimpse into a rich and diverse corpus of early modern Arabic-language accounts of Europe and the Mediterranean world.
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