The Venture of Islam, Volume 3 by Marshall G S Hodgson

The Venture of Islam, Volume 3 by Marshall G S Hodgson

The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. In this concluding volume of The Venture of Islam, Hodgson describes the second flowering of Islam: the Safavi, Timuri, and Ottoman empires. The final part of the volume analyzes the widespread Islamic heritage in today's world. "This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written."—The New Yorker

Hodgson, Marshall G. S.: - Marshall G. S. Hodgson (1922-1968) was an influential scholar of Islamic religion and culture. He taught at the University of Chicago and chaired the Committee on Social Thought. At his death at age 46, he left behind a manuscript that would become a magisterial three-volume book, The Venture of Islam, published posthumously by the Press. The Venture of Islam has shaped all subsequent study of Islam.

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ISBN 13	9780226346854
ISBN 10	0226346854
Title	The Venture of Islam, Volume 3
Author	Marshall G S Hodgson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	1977-02-15
Number of pages	476
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