Imagining the Arabs: Arab Identity and the Rise of Islam

by Peter Webb

Book Overview

Who are the Arabs? When did people begin calling themselves Arabs? And what was the Arabs' role in the rise of Islam? Investigating these core questions about Arab identity and history by marshalling the widest array of Arabic sources employed hitherto, and by closely interpreting the evidence with theories of identity and ethnicity, Imagining the Arabs proposes new answers to the riddle of Arab origins and fundamental reinterpretations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474426433
• ISBN13: 9781474426435
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"