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    Mar 28, 2024  
American University Catalog 2017-2018 
    
American University Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST-248 Introduction to Modern Middle East (3)


Examines the history of the modern Middle East from the late eighteenth century to the present, during which Euro-American involvement intensified. Students consider the various representations of the Middle East and its people that contributed to Western political and cultural hegemony in this period. Attention is also given to (semi-)indigenous attempts to meet this challenge from the West. Usually Offered: fall.