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History of Islamic Societies

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ISBN-10: 0521732972

ISBN-13: 9780521732970

Edition: 3rd 2014

Authors: Ira M. Lapidus

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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…    
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List price: $74.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/13/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1017
Size: 6.97" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.718
Language: English

Introduction to Islamic societies
The Beginnings of Islamic Civilizations
Middle Eastern societies before Islam
Historians and the sources
Arabia
Muhammad: preaching, community, and state formation
Introduction to the Arab-Muslim empires
The Arab-Muslim conquests and the socioeconomic bases of empire
Regional developments: economic and social change
The Caliphate to 750
The 'Abbasid Empire
Decline and fall of the 'Abbasid Empire
Introduction: religion and identity
The ideology of imperial Islam
The 'Abbasids: Caliphs and emperors
Introduction
Sunni Islam
Shi'i Islam
Muslim urban societies to the tenth century
The non-Muslim minorities
Continuity and change in the historic cultures of the Middle East
From Islamic Community to Islamic Society
The Post- 'Abbasid Middle Eastern state system
Muslim communities and Middle Eastern societies: 1000-1500 CE
The collective ideal
The personal ethic
Conclusion: Middle Eastern Islamic patterns
The Global Expansion of Islam from the Seventh to the Nineteenth Century
Introduction: Islamic institutions
Islamic North Africa to the thirteenth century
Spanish-Islamic civilization
Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries
States and Islam: North African variations
Introduction: empires and societies
The Turkish migrations and the Ottoman Empire
The postclassical Ottoman Empire: decentralization, commercialization, and incorporation
The Arab provinces under Ottoman rule
The Safavid Empire
The Indian subcontinent: the Delhi Sultanates and the Mughal Empire
Islamic empires compared
Inner Asia from the Mongol conquests to the nineteenth century
Islamic societies in Southeast Asia
The African context: Islam, slavery, and colonialism
Islam in Sudanic, Savannah, and forest West Africa
The West African Jihads
Islam in East Africa and the European colonial empires
The varieties of Islamic societies
The global context
The Modern Transformation
Introduction: imperialism, modernity, and the transformation of Muslim societies
The dissolution of the Ottoman empire and the modernization of Turkey
Iran: state and religion in the modern era
Egypt: secularism and Islamic modernity
The Arab east: Arabism, military states, and Islam
The Arabian peninsula
North Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Women in the Middle East: 19th-21st centuries
Muslims in Russia, the Caucasus, Inner Asia, and China
The Indian subcontinent: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh
Islam in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Islam in West Africa
Islam in East Africa
Universal Islam and African diversity
Muslims in Europe and America
Conclusion: secularized Islam and Islamic revival