Editor: L. Carl Brown and Matthew S. Gordon
Language: English
Subject: Middle East Studies
Publication Date: 1996
Number of Pages: 484
Book Dimensions: 17.6 x 24.7 cm
Cover Type: Hard Cover
Includes: Index, Photographs and 4 Tables
Price: $20
Over the last two centuries, the French dimension of Arab history has loomed large. The Arab world equally has played a major role in recent French history. Franco-Arab Encounters treats the many aspects of this interaction, tracing not just the political, but also the cultural, social, and intellectual. Twenty authors present these “encounters" in seven sections covering the Arab world, from Morocco to Saudi Arabia, over the past two hundred years. The book is dedicated to the memory of David C. Gordon, a pioneer and leader in this field of scholarship, who taught history at AUB from 1949 to 1955 and 1958 to 1975.