8vo. x, 204 pp., publisher’s original wrappers, very small dent to front edge, otherwise copy in mint condition, new, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2000.

Synopsis

This is the second collection of the well established Antonius Lectures given at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. The contributors cover different aspects of Arab studies including nationalism, literature, economics, the Gulf War and the Palestinian problem. A wide ranging and unusual collection of stimulating essays of great interest to all involved with the Arab world.
Contents:
1. The Pilgrimage as a Means of Regional Integration in the Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire / Suraiya Faroqhi — 2. The Future of Arab Jerusalem / Rashid Khalidi — 3. The Quality of Arab Nationalism / C. Ernest Dawn — 4. Nationalism and the Arabs / Aziz Al-Azmeh — 5. The Voyage In: Third World Intellectuals and Metropolitan Cultures / Edward Said — 6. Melodramas of Nationhood / Lila Abu-Lughod — 7. Perennial Themes in Modern Arabic Literature / M. M. Badawi — 8. Two Centuries of Arab Economic Relations with the West: 1798-1997 / Galal Amin — 9. Lessons from the Gulf War / Anthony Parsons — 10. The Palestine Issue: an Observer’s Reminiscences over the Past Twenty Years / Eric Rouleau.