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Ira Lapidus' global history of Islamic societies, first published in 1988, has become a classic in the field. For over two decades, it has enlightened students, scholars, and others with a thirst for knowledge about one of the world's great civilizations. This book is based on parts one and two of Lapidus' monumental A History of Islamic Societies, revised and updated, describes the transformations of Islamic societies from their beginning in the seventh century, through their diffusion across the globe, into the challenges of the nineteenth century. The story focuses on the organization of families and tribes, religious groups and states, depicts them in their varied and changing contexts, and shows how they were transformed by their interactions with other religious and political communities into a varied, global and interconnected family of societies. The book concludes with the European commercial and imperial interventions that initiated a new set of transformations in the Islamic world, and the onset of the modern era. Organized in narrative sections for the history of each major region, with innovative, analytic summary introductions and conclusions, this book is a unique endeavor. Its breadth, clarity, style, and thoughtful exposition will ensure its place in the classroom and beyond as a guide for the educated reader.
Hardcover:
9780521514415 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 31, 2012, cover price $110.00
Paperback:
9780521732987 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 31, 2012, cover price $39.99 | About this edition: Ira Lapidus' global history of Islamic societies, first published in 1988, has become a classic in the field.
Hardcover:
9780521838245 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, November 29, 2010), cover price $235.00
Product Description: Volume 2 of The New Cambridge History of Islam is devoted to the history of the Western Islamic lands from the political fragmentation of the eleventh century to the beginnings of European colonialism towards the end of the eighteenth century...read more
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9780521839570 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, February 28, 2010), cover price $230.00 | About this edition: Volume 2 of The New Cambridge History of Islam is devoted to the history of the Western Islamic lands from the political fragmentation of the eleventh century to the beginnings of European colonialism towards the end of the eighteenth century.
Product Description: The New Cambridge History of Islam is a comprehensive history of Islamic civilization, tracing its development from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to its wide and varied presence in the globalised world of today. The six volumes reflect the geographical distribution and the cultural, social and religious diversity of the peoples of the Muslim world...read more
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9780521515368 | Cambridge Univ Pr, November 29, 2010, cover price $1325.00 | About this edition: The New Cambridge History of Islam is a comprehensive history of Islamic civilization, tracing its development from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to its wide and varied presence in the globalised world of today.
Product Description: Unparalleled in its range of topics and geographical scope, the sixth and final volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800. Robert Hefner's thought-provoking account of the political and intellectual transformation of the Muslim world introduces the volume, which proceeds with twenty-five essays by luminaries in their fields through a broad range of topics...read more
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9780521844437 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 31, 2009, cover price $230.00 | About this edition: Unparalleled in its range of topics and geographical scope, the sixth and final volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800.
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9780521838238 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 31, 2009, cover price $235.00
Product Description: Volume 5 of The New Cambridge History of Islam examines the history of Muslim societies from 1800 to the present. Francis Robinson, a leading historian of Islam, has brought together a team of scholars with a broad range of expertise to explore how Muslims responded to the challenges of Western conquest and domination across the last two-hundred years...read more
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9780521838269 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, October 31, 2009), cover price $230.00 | About this edition: Volume 5 of The New Cambridge History of Islam examines the history of Muslim societies from 1800 to the present.
Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other. As Europeans colonized the globe, the two world histories intersected and the Western narrative drove the other one under. The West hardly noticed, but the Islamic world found the encounter profoundly disrupting. This book reveals the parallel other narrative of world history to help us make sense of today s world conflicts. Ansary traces the history of the Muslim world from pre-Mohammedan days through 9/11, introducing people, events, empires, legends, and religious disputes, both in terms of what happened and how it was understood and interpreted.
Hardcover:
9781586486068 | Public Affairs, April 27, 2009, cover price $26.95
Paperback:
9781586488130 | Reprint edition (Public Affairs, April 27, 2010), cover price $16.99
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9781433272264 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, May 1, 2009), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other.
A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions. Bibliogs
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9780521219495 | Cambridge Univ Pr, January 1, 1980, cover price $167.99 | also contains Albrecht Dürer
9780521075671, titled "The Cambridge History of Islam" | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 1, 1970, cover price $49.50 | About this edition: A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions.
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9780521291361 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1978, cover price $109.99 | About this edition: A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions.
9780521291354, titled "The Cambridge History of Islam" | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1978, cover price $119.99 | About this edition: A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions.
9780521087551, titled "The Cambridge History of Islam" | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 1977, cover price $109.95 | About this edition: A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions.
9780521291385 | Cambridge Univ Pr, May 27, 1977, cover price $119.99 | About this edition: A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions.
A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions. Bibliogs
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9780521291378 | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 1, 1977, cover price $114.99 | About this edition: A monograph of Muslim civilization, from before Prophet Muhammad through the post-World War II years, explicating the growth of the Arab Empire and its outward political and cultural extensions.
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