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CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 14
1
Great Britain was born after King James VI of Scotland inherited the crown of England. He and his successors held both crowns separately until the Act of Union in 1707. Only after that date is it correct to speak of “the British.”
Great Britain was born after King James VI of Scotland inherited the crown of England. He and his successors held both crowns separately until the Act of Union in 1707. Only after that date is it correct to speak of “the British.”
2
For a detailed inside picture of life in the Ottoman harem, see Alev Croutier’s
Harem: The World Behind the Veil
(New York: Abbeville Press, 1989), especially pp. 35-38, 103-105, 139-140.
For a detailed inside picture of life in the Ottoman harem, see Alev Croutier’s
Harem: The World Behind the Veil
(New York: Abbeville Press, 1989), especially pp. 35-38, 103-105, 139-140.
4
Nick Robbins, “Loot: In Search of the East India Company,” an article written for
openDemocracy.net
in 2003. Find it at
http://www.opendemocracy.net/theme_7-corporations/article_904.jsp
.
Nick Robbins, “Loot: In Search of the East India Company,” an article written for
openDemocracy.net
in 2003. Find it at
http://www.opendemocracy.net/theme_7-corporations/article_904.jsp
.
5
Gelvin, pp. 84-86.
Gelvin, pp. 84-86.
6
As reported by Frederick Cooper, deputy commissioner of Amritsar, in a dispatch excerpted by Reza Aslan,
No god but God
(New York, Random House, 2006), pp. 220-222.
As reported by Frederick Cooper, deputy commissioner of Amritsar, in a dispatch excerpted by Reza Aslan,
No god but God
(New York, Random House, 2006), pp. 220-222.
7
Jamil Abun-Nasr,
A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period
. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp. 249-257.
CHAPTER 13Jamil Abun-Nasr,
A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period
. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp. 249-257.
CHAPTER 14
1
Mark Elvin coins this phrase in
Pattern of the Chinese Past
(London: Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1973), which includes an analysis of why China failed to develop high-level technology in the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, when it had the prosperity to do so.
Mark Elvin coins this phrase in
Pattern of the Chinese Past
(London: Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1973), which includes an analysis of why China failed to develop high-level technology in the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, when it had the prosperity to do so.
2
Dabashi, pp. 60-61.
Dabashi, pp. 60-61.
3
Gelvin, p. 129.
Gelvin, p. 129.
4
Joseph Mazzini,
On the Duties of Man.
Included in its entirety in Franklin,
Readings in Western Intellectual History
(New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1978), p. 561.
Joseph Mazzini,
On the Duties of Man.
Included in its entirety in Franklin,
Readings in Western Intellectual History
(New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1978), p. 561.
5
Garry Wills discusses this idea in
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993). Shelby Foote (in a radio interview I heard) quipped that “the Civil War made us from an
are
into an
is
.”
Garry Wills discusses this idea in
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993). Shelby Foote (in a radio interview I heard) quipped that “the Civil War made us from an
are
into an
is
.”
6
Gelvin, p. 82.
Gelvin, p. 82.
7
Hamit Bozarslan, writing about the Ottoman Empire for the Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence at
http://www.massviolence.org/_Bozarslan-Hamit
, includes this quote from Ziya Gökalp’s
Yeni Hayat, Dogru Yol.
Hamit Bozarslan, writing about the Ottoman Empire for the Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence at
http://www.massviolence.org/_Bozarslan-Hamit
, includes this quote from Ziya Gökalp’s
Yeni Hayat, Dogru Yol.
8
Quoted by Taner Akçam in
Türk Ulusal Kimligi ve Ermeni Sorunu
(Istanbul: Iletisim Yayinlari, 1992), pp. 175-176.
CHAPTER 15Quoted by Taner Akçam in
Türk Ulusal Kimligi ve Ermeni Sorunu
(Istanbul: Iletisim Yayinlari, 1992), pp. 175-176.
1
Suroosh Irfani,
Revolutionary Islam in Iran: Popular Liberation or Religious Dictatorship
(London: Zed Books, 1983), p. 50.
Suroosh Irfani,
Revolutionary Islam in Iran: Popular Liberation or Religious Dictatorship
(London: Zed Books, 1983), p. 50.
2
Article 22, Covenant of the League of Nations.
Article 22, Covenant of the League of Nations.
3
Gelvin, p. 86.
Gelvin, p. 86.
4
Benjamin Shwadran,
The Middle East, Oil and the Great Powers
(New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1955), pp. 244-265.
CHAPTER 16Benjamin Shwadran,
The Middle East, Oil and the Great Powers
(New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1955), pp. 244-265.
1
See
http://countrystudies.us/algeria/48.htm
. The statistics come from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army.
See
http://countrystudies.us/algeria/48.htm
. The statistics come from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army.
2
Frank Thackery and John Findling,
Events That Changed the World in the Twentieth Century
(Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 1995). (See Appendix D, “States Achieving Independence Since 1945.”)
Frank Thackery and John Findling,
Events That Changed the World in the Twentieth Century
(Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 1995). (See Appendix D, “States Achieving Independence Since 1945.”)
3
The phrase came from American Jewish playwright Israel Zangwill. What he actually wrote, however (in 1901), was “Palestine is a country without a people, the Jews are a people without a country.” Whether anyone actively used the phrase as a basis for a “slogan” is a matter of dispute.
The phrase came from American Jewish playwright Israel Zangwill. What he actually wrote, however (in 1901), was “Palestine is a country without a people, the Jews are a people without a country.” Whether anyone actively used the phrase as a basis for a “slogan” is a matter of dispute.
4
Benny Morris,
Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999,
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999), pp. 14-17.
Benny Morris,
Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999,
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999), pp. 14-17.
5
Theodor Herzl,
The Jewish State: An Attempt at a Modern Solution to the Jewish Question
, 6th edition (New York: The Maccabean Publishing Company, 1904 ), p. 29.
Theodor Herzl,
The Jewish State: An Attempt at a Modern Solution to the Jewish Question
, 6th edition (New York: The Maccabean Publishing Company, 1904 ), p. 29.
6
Nizar Sakhnini, writing for al-Awda at
http://al-awda.org/zionists2.html
includes this quote from Weizmann’s
Trial and Error
(New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949), pp. 93-208.
Nizar Sakhnini, writing for al-Awda at
http://al-awda.org/zionists2.html
includes this quote from Weizmann’s
Trial and Error
(New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949), pp. 93-208.
7
Qutb’s
Milestones
can be found online in its entirety at
http://www.youngmuslimsonline.ca/online_library/books/milestones/hold/index_2.asp
.
CHAPTER 17Qutb’s
Milestones
can be found online in its entirety at
http://www.youngmuslimsonline.ca/online_library/books/milestones/hold/index_2.asp
.
1
For a concise Arafat bio, see
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/arafat-bio.html
.
For a concise Arafat bio, see
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/arafat-bio.html
.
4
Dabashi, pp. 164-166.
Dabashi, pp. 164-166.
5
Quoted by Thabit Abdullah in
Dictatorship, Imperialism, and Chaos: Iraq Since 1989
(New York: Zed Books, 2006) p. 76.
Quoted by Thabit Abdullah in
Dictatorship, Imperialism, and Chaos: Iraq Since 1989
(New York: Zed Books, 2006) p. 76.
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