HODGSON, MARSHALL G.S.

The Order of assassins. (Ismailites). The struggle of the early Nizai isma ilis against the Islamic World. Reprint of the 1955 ed. published by Moutho, 's-Gravenhage.

New York. AMS Press. (1980). Reprint. 8°. xi,352pp. Or.cloth. Bibliogr. Index.

Antiquariaat Ovidius

Book number: 31429

Keywords: Philosophie,Filosofie, Phylosophy

HODGSON, MARSHALL G. S.,

The Venture of Islam, Volume 1 The Classical Age of Islam.

University Of Chicago Press, 1974.Hardcover, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.Page edges, end papers spotted, else a solid copy in jacket.; His The venture of Islam ; v.1; 1.2 x 8.7 x 5.9 Inches; 543 pages; 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."This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written."—The New Yorker Volume 1, The Classical Age of Islam, analyzes the world before Islam, Muhammad's challenge, and the early Muslim state between 625 and 692.Hodgson then discusses the classical civilization of the High Caliphate.The volume also contains a general introduction to the complete work and a foreword by Reuben Smith, who, as Hodgson's colleague and friend, finished the Venture of Islam after the author's death and saw it through to publication.

Gerry Kleier Books

Book number: 270315

HODGSON, MARSHALL G. S.

The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization. Volume Three: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times

Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press. 1974, Reprint. (ISBN: 0226346811) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. pp 469 includes index. 1974 is original pub. date, this is a reprint. This is a single volume, No. 3 of a 3-part set tracing the historical development of Islam. Fading to spine and areas immediately adjacent, small asterisk to ffep. Insides of covers strengthened with transparent tape. Veryclean & tight. Very Good.

Booked

Book number: 1008649

Catalogue: Theology

Keywords: Nonfiction, History, History of Religion, Islam, the Gunpowder Empires, Modern History/Sociol//Political/Econmc Issues- World 0226346811

KITAGAWA, JOSEPH M. AND CHARLES H. LONG, EDS.; JERALD C. BRAUER AND MARSHALL G.S. HODGSON, CONTRIB.

Myths and Symbols: Studies in Honor of Mircea Eliade

Chicago, 1969. 438 pp. Hardcover, no dust jacket.. Ex-library. Else very good.

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Book number: 317601