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Islam in History: Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

By: Publication details: Chicago: Open Court, 1993.Edition: 2nd edDescription: vii, 487 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0812692160
  • 0812692179 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • BP 52 20 .L46 1993
LOC classification:
  • BP 52 .L46 1993
Contents:
Pt. I. The Western Approaches -- 1. The Study of Islam -- 2. Some English Travelers in the East -- 3. The Decolonization of History -- 4. On Writing the Modern History of the Middle East -- 5. On Nationalism and Revolution -- 6. Slade on Turkey -- Pt. II. Muslim History and Historians -- 7. Sources for the Economic History of the Middle East -- 8. In Search of Islam's Past -- 9. The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources -- 10. The Cult of Spain and the Turkish Romantics -- Pt. III. Muslims and Jews -- 11. The Pro-Islamic Jews -- 12. Palestine: On the History and Geography of a Name -- 13. An Ode against the Jews -- 14. The Sultan, the King, and the Jewish Doctor -- Pt. IV. Turks and Tatars -- 15. The Mongols, the Turks, and the Muslim Polity -- 16. Ottoman Observers of Ottoman Decline -- 17. The Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath -- 18. Ibn Khaldun in Turkey -- Pt. V. In Black and White -- 19. Corsairs in Iceland -- 20. The Crows of the Arabs -- Pt. VI. History and Revolution -- 21. State and Society under Islam -- 22. The Significance of Heresy in Islam -- 23. The Revolutions in Early Islam -- 24. Islamic Concepts of Revolution -- Pt. VII. New Ideas -- 25. The Idea of Freedom in Modern Islamic Political Thought -- 26. On Modern Arabic Political Terms -- 27. Islam and Development: The Revaluation of Values -- Pt. VIII. New Events -- 28. Behind the Rushdie Affair -- 29. The Egyptian Murder Case -- 30. How Khomeini Made It -- 31. The Revolt of Islam -- 32. The Middle East Crisis in Historical Perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. The Western Approaches -- 1. The Study of Islam -- 2. Some English Travelers in the East -- 3. The Decolonization of History -- 4. On Writing the Modern History of the Middle East -- 5. On Nationalism and Revolution -- 6. Slade on Turkey -- Pt. II. Muslim History and Historians -- 7. Sources for the Economic History of the Middle East -- 8. In Search of Islam's Past -- 9. The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources -- 10. The Cult of Spain and the Turkish Romantics -- Pt. III. Muslims and Jews -- 11. The Pro-Islamic Jews -- 12. Palestine: On the History and Geography of a Name -- 13. An Ode against the Jews -- 14. The Sultan, the King, and the Jewish Doctor -- Pt. IV. Turks and Tatars -- 15. The Mongols, the Turks, and the Muslim Polity -- 16. Ottoman Observers of Ottoman Decline -- 17. The Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath -- 18. Ibn Khaldun in Turkey -- Pt. V. In Black and White -- 19. Corsairs in Iceland -- 20. The Crows of the Arabs -- Pt. VI. History and Revolution -- 21. State and Society under Islam -- 22. The Significance of Heresy in Islam -- 23. The Revolutions in Early Islam -- 24. Islamic Concepts of Revolution -- Pt. VII. New Ideas -- 25. The Idea of Freedom in Modern Islamic Political Thought -- 26. On Modern Arabic Political Terms -- 27. Islam and Development: The Revaluation of Values -- Pt. VIII. New Events -- 28. Behind the Rushdie Affair -- 29. The Egyptian Murder Case -- 30. How Khomeini Made It -- 31. The Revolt of Islam -- 32. The Middle East Crisis in Historical Perspective.

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