(++) A History of Islamic Societies (1988 Lapidus), book

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A History of Islamic Societies (1988) is a book by Ira M. Lapidus.

Abstract

"Long considered a classic, A History of Islamic Societies is now that much more useful a reference for general readers and scholars alike. Widely praised for its balanced and comprehensive account, Ira Lapidus' work has been fully revised in its coverage of each country and region of the Muslim world through 2001. It incorporates the origins and evolution of Islamic societies and brings into focus the historical processes that gave shape to the manifold varieties of contemporary Islam. The concluding chapters survey the growing influence of the Islamist movements within national states and in their transnational or global dimensions, including the Islamic revival, Islamist politics and terrorism. An updated discussion of the roles of women in Islamic societies is added, with new sections about Afghanistan and Muslims in Europe, America, and the Philippines. Ira M. Lapidus is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California at Berkeley. His many books and articles include Islam, Politics and Social Movements (University of California Press, 1988) and Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages (Cambridge, 1984)."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Presss, 1988 / 2nd ed. 2001 / 3rd ed. 2014.

Contents

The origins of Islamic civilization : the Middle East from c. 600 to c. 1200.; Introduction : Middle Eastern societies before the advent of Islam ;; Arabia ;; The life of the Prophet ;; The Arab conquests and the socio-economic bases of empire ;; The Caliphate ;; Cosmopolitan Islam : the Islam of the imperial elite ;; Urban Islam : the Islam of the religious elites ;; Islamic culture and the separation of state and religion ;; The fall of the `Abbasid empire ;; The post-`Abbasid Middle Eastern state system ;; Muslim communities and Middle Eastern societies ;; The collective ideal ;; The personal ethic ;; Conclusion : the Middle Eastern Islamic paradigm --; The worldwide diffusion of Islamic societies from the tenth to the nineteenth century.; Introduction : the Islamic world and the rise of Europe ;; Iran : the Mongol, Timurid, and Safavid empires ;; The Turkish migrations and the Ottoman empire ;; The Arab Middle East ;; Islamic North Africa and Spain to the nineteenth century ;; Inner Asia from the Mongol conquests to the nineteenth century ;; The Indian subcontinent : the Delhi Sultanates and the Mughal empire ;; The formation of Islamic societies in Southeast Asia ;; Islam in Sudanic, savannah, and forest West Africa ;; Islam in East Africa and the rise of European colonial empires ;; Conclusion : the varieties of Islamic society --; The modern transformation : Muslim peoples in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.; Introduction : modernity and the transformation of Muslim societies ;; Iran : state and religion in the modern era ;; The dissolution of the Ottoman empire and the modernization of Turkey ;; Egypt : secularism and Islamic modernity ;; The Arab Middle East : Arabism, military states, and Islam ;; North Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ;; The Indian subcontinent : India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh ;; Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia ;; Inner Asia under Russian and Chinese rule ;; Islam in West Africa ;; Islam in East Africa ;; Conclusion : secularized Islam and Islamic revival.

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