{"product_id":"contested-modernity-omar-h-alshehabi-9781786072917","title":"Contested Modernity: Sectarianism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Bahrain","description":"Discussions of the Arab world, particularly the Gulf States, increasingly focus on sectarianism and autocratic rule. These features are often attributed to the dominance of monarchs, Islamists, oil, and 'ancient hatreds'. To understand their rise, however, one has to turn to a largely forgotten but decisive episode with far-reaching repercussions - Bahrain under British colonial rule in the early twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a wealth of previously unexamined Arabic literature as well as British archives, Omar AlShehabi details how sectarianism emerged as a modern phenomenon in Bahrain. He shows how absolutist rule was born in the Gulf, under the tutelage of the British Raj, to counter nationalist and anti-colonial movements tied to the al-Nahda renaissance in the wider Arab world. A groundbreaking work, \u003ci\u003eContested Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to reconsider not only how we see the Gulf but the Middle East as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Omar H. Alshehabi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786072912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786072917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oneworld Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Omar H. Alshehabi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065821049087,"sku":"9781786072917","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ae8140d1-1ebc-444e-9117-92997b24ddfe.jpg?v=1768677504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contested-modernity-omar-h-alshehabi-9781786072917","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}