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Middle Eastern Studies: Books

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The University of Manchester Library is home to a significant collection of books for Middle Eastern Studies.

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A Social History of Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East

Synthesizing the results of the extensive research on women and gender done over the last twenty years, Margaret L. Meriwether and Judith E. Tucker provide an accessible overview of the scholarship on women and gender in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Middle East. The book is organized along thematic lines that reflect major focuses of research in this area—gender and work, gender and the state, gender and law, gender and religion, and feminist movements—and each chapter is written by a scholar who has done original research on the topic (Provided by Publisher).

This title was acquired through the Library's Order a Book service.

Locating and borrowing books

You can use Library Search to search for both print and eBooks as well as a range of other resources including articles, journals, and databases.

Guide to printed collections

The Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme (Dewey for short) to arrange books and other resources on the shelves so you can locate them easily.

The vast majority of books relating to Middle Eastern Studies and related subjects can be found in the Main Library.

The Middle Eastern Studies (NE) collection is situated in the Main Library building, beginning on Purple 4 and continuing on Orange 4 and Orange 5. There are also books pertaining to these subject areas in the general collection (Blue Area).

 

Language
Subject Area Classmark(s) Location(s)
Arabic 492.7502 / 78

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Afro-Asiatic languages 492

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Akkadian 492.19

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Literature & Art
Arabic literature NE 892.7

Main Library 

Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3                                                      

Semitic literature NE 892.2

Main Library 

Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3     

Turkish/Ottoman literature NE 894.3

Main Library 

Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3     

Iranic literature NE 891.5

Main Library 

Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3     

Persian literature NE 891.550

Main Library 

Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3     

Art (Arab, Turkish, Iranic, Persian)    Predominantly 709.4 - 709.5

Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 4

and

Art & Archaeology Library       

History
Middle Eastern history           NE 953           

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

Near Eastern modern history NE 955

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

History (Turkey) NE 949.6

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

History (Iran) NE 955

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

Middle Eastern modern history NE 956

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

The Crusades NE 956.91

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

Iraqi Modern history NE 956.7

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

Modern Syrian and Palestinian history NE 956.9

Main Library 

Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 

and

Blue Area - Floor 3 

Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy 100 (specifically 109.3893)

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 

and                  

Blue Area - Floor 1

Judaism 296 Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2
Islam, Babism and Bahai faith 297 Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2
General Islam 297 Main Library  - Blue Area - Floor 2
Islam and the world NE 297.0

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Women in Islam NE 297.01475

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Worships in Islam NE 297.1

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Jihad NE 297.108

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

The Quran NE 297.2

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

The theology of Islam NE 297.3

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Last Judgement in Islamic theology NE 297.37

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Martyrdom in Islamic theology NE 297.372

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Hadith / Islamic traditions NE 297.4

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Islamic sects NE 297.5

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Jurisprudence / Schools of law NE 297.6

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Law in Islam: Points of law NE 297.7

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Halal NE 297.21

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Islam and education NE 297.8

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Madrasa NE 297.81

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Modern Islam NE 297.9

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2

Social/Political and other areas
Economics                         NE 297.0144     

Main Library 

Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4

and

Blue Area - Floor 2
Social sciences 300 (specifically: 309.53/6)

Main Library 

Blue Area - Floor 2

Political sciences

(Politics and government - Middle East)

320.956

Main Library 

Blue Area - Floor 2

International migration and colonization 325

Main Library 

Blue Area - Floor 2

More information: Locating books on shelves

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Course reading lists

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E-book collections

The Library provides access to numerous e-book collections that host many titles relating to Middle Eastern Studies and related subjects. Follow this link to browse different collections you can explore to find e-books relating to your studies. 

E-book collections

E-book collections

Order a Book

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University staff should use the Order a Book (Staff) form.

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Theses and dissertations

Theses can be a valuable source of information for your research and are very useful points of reference for when you come to write your own thesis.

For detailed information on how to access theses from the University of Manchester, and from other universities in the UK and internationally, please visit our Theses Library Guide

 

Theses

 

 

Doctoral/Research Theses

  • Electronic versions of many open-access University of Manchester research theses, submitted from the 2010 session onwards, are available on Research Explorer, the University of Manchester’s research database.

 

Theses from other UK/International Institutions

  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global (PQDT Global)

    A searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.

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