Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.

American scholar of Egyptian history

Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. is a historian of Egypt and professor emeritus of Middle East history at Pennsylvania State University.[1] He graduated from Colby College and Harvard University.[2]

## Selected publications

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### Articles and chapters

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* “The Egyptian Nationalist Party, 1892–1919” in Political and Social Change in Modern Egypt, edited by P.M. Holt (Oxford University Press, 1968)
* “The Leader Muhammad Farid as Viewed by a Foreign Historian” (in Arabic), al-Musawwar, 14 November 1969
* “Historical Perspectives,” in The Middle East: Its Government and Politics, edited by Abid A. Al-Marayati and others (Duxbury Press, 1972)
* “Egyptian National Party from Spotlight to Shadow,” Journal of Asian and African Studies 16 (1982)
* “The 1906 Taba Affair,” al-Abhath 35 (1986)
* “Van Dyck, Cornelius” in American National Biography (1999)
* “Egypt’s 1952 Revolution” and “The United Arab Republic” in History in Dispute.

### Books

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* A Concise History of the Middle East (Westview Press, 1979, 1983,[3] 1988, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2006 with Lawrence Davidson; AUC Press, 1983, 2004)
* Modern Egypt: The Formation of a Nation-State (Westview Press, 1988,[4] 2004)
* Memoirs and Diaries of Muhammad Farid, an Egyptian Nationalist Leader (1868–1919) (Edwin Mellen Press, 1992)
* Historical Dictionary of Egypt, 2nd ed. (Scarecrow Press, 1994); 3rd ed. with Robert Johnston (Scarecrow Press, 2003; AUC Press, 2004)
* 71 entries in Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East (Macmillan, 1996, 2004)
* Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000)
* History chapter in Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, edited by Deborah Gerner (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000, revised 2003, revised 2008)
* Editor and contributor, Re-Envisioning Egypt, 1919–1952 (AUC Press, 2005)
* Brief History of Egypt (Facts on File, 2008)
* Series editor, Creation of the Modern Middle East Series (Chelsea House, 2008)

## References

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1. ^ "Arthur Goldschmidt Jr". June 27, 2017.
2. ^ https://snaccooperative.org/view/39651113
3. ^ Aroian, Lois A.; Goldschmidt, Arthur (1986). "Reviewed work: A Concise History of the Middle East, Arthur Goldschmidt, Jr". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 18 (4): 512–514\. doi:10.1017/S002074380003083X. JSTOR 163477. S2CID 161836923.
4. ^ Botman, Selma (July 21, 1989). "Modern Egypt: The Formation of a Nation-State, by Arthur Goldschmidt JR. 211 pages, glossary of terms and places, biographical dictionary, bibliographic essay, index. Westview Press, Boulder1988. 14.95". Review of Middle East Studies. 23 (1): 76–77\. doi:10.1017/S0026318400021271 - via Cambridge University Press.

## External links

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* Dr. G: Curriculum Vitae

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