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A History of Islamic Societies (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
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A History of Islamic Societies (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
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This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic
Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the new
scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Lapidus's
history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic
civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide
diffusion to Africa; Spain; Turkey and the Balkans; Central, South,
and Southeast Asia; and North America. The book has been updated to
include historical developments in the first decade of the
twenty-first century. The narrative is unified by its focus on the
organization of primary communities, religious groups and states,
and the institutions and cultures that define them. The history is
divided into four parts. The first part is a comprehensive account
of pre-Islamic late antiquity; the beginnings of Islam; the early
Islamic empires; and Islamic religious, artistic, legal, and
intellectual cultures. Part II deals with the construction in the
Middle East of Islamic religious communities and states to the
fifteenth century. Part III includes the history to the nineteenth
century of Islamic North Africa and Spain; the Ottoman, Safavid,
and Mughal empires; and other Islamic societies in Asia and Africa,
situating them within their global, political, and economic
contexts. Part IV accounts for the impact of European commercial
and imperial domination on Islamic societies and traces the
development of the modern national state system and the
simultaneous Islamic revival from the early nineteenth century to
the present. Organized in narrative sections for the history of
each major region, with innovative, analytic summary introductions
and conclusions, this book is a unique endeavor. The informative
and substantial update, balanced judgment, and clarity of
presentation which readers have come to expect of this work ensure
that it will remain a classic in the field."
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