The Venture of Islam, Volume 3: The Gunpower Empires and Modern Times: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times: v. 3 (The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization) - Softcover

Hodgson, Marshall G. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226346854 ISBN 13: 9780226346854

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1977

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The Venture of Islam: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times v. 3 "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 Hod... Full description

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About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0226346854
• ISBN 13: 9780226346854
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 476