Islam
Continuity and Change in the Modern World
2nd Edition
Published on 1. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
454 pages
978-0-8156-2639-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a single-volume history of Islam. The opening chapters briefly discuss the historical background of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century, through the rise of the Islam in 18th through 20th centuries. The final two chapters cover the significant events of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Series
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
732 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8156-2639-8 (9780815626398)
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JOHN Obert Voll is professor of history at the University of New Hampshire, a past president of the Middle East Studies Association, and the author of the Historical Dictionary of the Sudan, coauthor of The Contemporary Islamic Revival, and coeditor of Eighteenth-Century Renewal and Reform in Islam.