First published in 1979, this book highlights the crucial developments in the Middle East during the twentieth century: the coming of nationalism, the struggle for independence, the effects of the…

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A collection of essays by noted historian William R. Polk, author of Violent Politics, Polk’s Folly, Out of Iraq, Understanding Iraq, Understanding Iran, and many other books.

Scholars and the concerned public have long relied on William Polk for comprehensive and insightful analysis of the culture and politics of the Arab world. The Arab World Today, a…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

Eudora Welty (1909-2001) and William Faulkner (1897-1962) were almost unquestionably Mississippi’s leading literary lions during the twentieth century. Their influence on American literature is immeasurable. On William Faulkner brings together…

This social history is not just an autobiography. The emphasis of this personal history to is to demonstrate that Social History develops as a consequence of interactions and relationships between…