The Development of Islamic Library Collections in Western Europe and North America
Stephan Roman(Author)
J. Duncan(Editor)
Mansell Publishing
Published on 6. September 1990
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-7201-2065-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is an examination of Islamic library collections in ten countries - Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States - and looks at both the collections themselves and how and why they were developed. The book has a wide subject coverage, from commentaries on the Quran and Hadith to texts on history, literature, geography, medicine, astronomy, mathematics and philosophy. The works are primarily in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, but also in Urdu, Pashtu, Javanese, Malay, Makassar, Swahili and dialects of these languages. This book may also be useful in the study of the political, economic, cultural and scholarly influences that have shaped the relationship between Islamic and Western societies over 1400 years.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7201-2065-3 (9780720120653)
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