Pre-Industrial Societies Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World

Name: Pre-Industrial Societies Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World
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ISBN: 9781851683116

ISBN-10: 1851683119

ISBN-13: 9781851683116

Edition: 2003 (Reprint)

Authors: Patricia Crone

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Here, Patricia Crone offers a blueprint for a world now lost, outlining the common features of Islamic, Indian, Chinese and pre-Medieval European societies. The book concentrates on such issues as the role of politics and religion and how communitites developed social hierarchies.

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication date: 2/24/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Patricia Crone is Mellon Professor of Islamic History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. She is author of several books including Pre-industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-modern World; Roman, Provincial, and Islamic Law; Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam;and Slaves on Horses: the Evolution of Islamic Polity.



Preface



Introduction: What is a Complex Society?



The Pre-Industrial Pattern



Socio-economic Organization



The State



Politics



Culture



Society and the Individual



Religion



The Departure from the Pattern



The Oddity of Europe



Modernity


Further Reading


Index