Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism, 1860-1914

Ilham Khuri-Makdisi is Assistant Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies at Northeastern University.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Late Nineteenth-century World and the Emergence of a Global Radical Culture 2. The Nah.a, the Press, and the Construction and Dissemination of a Radical Worldview 3. Theater and Radical Politics in Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria 1860--1914 4. The Construction of Two Radical Networks in Beirut and Alexandria 5. Workers, Labor Unrest, and the Formulation and Dissemination of Radical Leftist Ideas Conclusion: Deprovincializing the Eastern Mediterranean Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

"A dazzling array of published and archival sources in Arabic, Ottoman, Italian, French, and English." Arab Studies Journal "Effectively disputes tired and old paradigms... An essential contribution to the literature of the origins of left-wing radicalism." -- Fraser Ottanelli European Legacy