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Two great British historians of the modern Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

M. E. Yapp
M. E. Yapp
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, London
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As a serious subject of scholarly investigation modern Middle Eastern history is very young. It was only 50 years ago that the subject began to be studied by historians who were adequately equipped for the work. Its subsequent rapid progress to the position of respectability which it now occupies within the discipline of history owes much to the work of a handful of scholars among whom Albert Hourani and Elie Kedourie were especially conspicuous. The deaths of these two notable historians should not pass without an acknowledgement of the debt which we owe them and an appreciation of their contribution to the happy revolution in the branch of history which they adorned.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 40 - 49
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1995

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