The New Cambridge History Of Islam: Volume 4, Islamic Cultures And Societies To The End Of The Eight

This volume examines the history of Muslim societies from 1800 to the present. Contributors explore how Muslims responded to the challenges of Western conquest and domination, revealing that the social, economic, political and historical circumstances...

Leading scholars in the field chart the rise and fall, and the political and religious developments, of the various independent ruling dynasties of the Western Islamic lands from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries. The volume concludes with an in-depth...

This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. The essays in this collection demonstrate that it was during this period that the Islamic world transformed and absorbed new influences...

Unparalleled in its range of topics and geographical scope, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800. With topics ranging from religious thought, Islamic law and modern politics to the arts, cinema and new...