The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world / edited by Francis Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, Francis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic countries--History.

Islamic countries.

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 328 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Summary:

Islamic peoples account for one fifth of the world's population and yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is. Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this, revealing the complex and sometimes contrary nature of Muslim culture. As well as taking on the issues uppermost in everyone's minds, such as the role of religious and political fundamentalism, they demonstrate the importance of commerce; literacy and learning; Islamic art; the effects of immigration, exodus, and conquest; and the roots of current crises in the Middle East, Bosnia, and the Gulf. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the interaction between Islam and the West, from the first Latin translations of the Quran to the fatwa on Salman Rushdie. This elegant book deliberately sets out to dismantle the Western impression of Islam as a monolithic world and replace it with a balanced view, from current issues of fundamentalism to its dynamic culture and art.

Contents:

Rise of Islam in the world / Patricia Crone

Emergence of the Islamic world system 1000-1500 / Robert Irwin

Islamic world in the age of European expansion 1500-1800 / Stephen F. Dale

Islamic world in the era of Western domination 1800 to the present / Sarah Ansari

Economy in Muslim societies / K. N. Chaudhuri

Ordering of Muslim societies / Basim Musallam

Knowledge, its transmission and the making of Muslim societies / Francis Robinson

Artistic expressions of Muslim societies / Stephen Vernoit.

Notes:

Originally published: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index.

ISBN:

0521669936

9780521669931

0521435102

9780521435109

OCLC:

41338801