University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226346773 9780226346779 [US]

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 532pp.; vii, 609pp.; vi, 469pp. Books present nicely with unclipped dust jackets wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jackets with rubbing, creasing, toning, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spines of jackets. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of green cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text blocks. Pages of all volumes are clean and unmarked. Bindings are sound. This set is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS SET: The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. Volume 1 analyzes the world before Islam, Muhammad's challenge (570-624), and the early Muslim state of 625 to 692. Hodgson then reviews the classical civilization of the High Caliphate, discussing such topics as the bloom of Arabic literary culture, Muslim personal piety, and the dissolution of the Absolutist ...

ISBN10: 0226346773, ISBN13: 9780226346779, [publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago] Hardcover Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 532pp.; vii, 609pp.; vi, 469pp. Books present nicely with unclipped dust jackets wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jackets with rubbing, creasing, toning, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spines of jackets. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of green cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text blocks. Pages of all volumes are clean and unmarked. Bindings are sound. This set is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS SET: The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. Volume 1 analyzes the world before Islam, Muhammad's challenge (570-624), and the early Muslim state of 625 to 692. Hodgson then reviews the classical civilization of the High Caliphate, discussing such topics as the bloom of Arabic literary culture, Muslim personal ...
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