Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.
Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. is a historian of Egypt and professor emeritus of Middle East history at Pennsylvania State University. He graduated from Colby College and Harvard University.
Selected publications
Articles and chapters
- “The Egyptian Nationalist Party, 1892–1919” in Political and Social Change in Modern Egypt, edited by P.M. Holt
- “The Leader Muhammad Farid as Viewed by a Foreign Historian”, al-Musawwar, 14 November 1969
- “Historical Perspectives,” in The Middle East: Its Government and Politics, edited by Abid A. Al-Marayati and others
- “Egyptian National Party from Spotlight to Shadow,” Journal of Asian and African Studies 16
- “The 1906 Taba Affair,” al-Abhath 35
- “Van Dyck, Cornelius” in American National Biography
- “Egypt’s 1952 Revolution” and “The United Arab Republic” in History in Dispute.
Books
A Concise History of the Middle East Modern Egypt: The Formation of a Nation-State Memoirs and Diaries of Muhammad Farid, an Egyptian Nationalist Leader Historical Dictionary of Egypt, 2nd ed. ; 3rd ed. with Robert Johnston- 71 entries in Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt
- History chapter in Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, edited by Deborah Gerner
- Editor and contributor, Re-Envisioning Egypt, 1919–1952 Brief History of Egypt
- Series editor, ''Creation of the Modern Middle East Series''