Carmichael, Joel, <br/><br/>
The shaping of the Arabs :  a study in ethnic identity / 
Joel Carmichael. 
 - London :  Routledge,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Routledge library editions. Society of the Middle East ;  19 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity. The present-day Arabic-speaking peoples may be traced back to the Arabian tribes that were later to be shaped into a people by Islam. With the Muslim conquests the language of the Arabian tribes became the vernacular of a vast cosmopolitan society extending throughout the Middle East and Southern Mediterranean. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781000113334 9781003071532 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arabs.<br/>Islamic civilization.<br/>National characteristics, Arab.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS38  / .S537 2016