Screen LibraryThe World of Islam : faith, people, culture /
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| Published: |
Thames and Hudson,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
1980. 1976 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Lowendahl Reference Books Collection |
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| Item Description: | Also issued under title: Islam and the Arab world. |
| Carrier Form: | 360 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles (some color), maps, music, plan, portraits (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0500250464 9780500250464 |
| Index Number: | DS36 |
| CLC: | B96 |
| Call Number: | LVC-001648 |
| Contents: | Ch. 1. The faith and the faithful: the lands and peoples of Islam / Bernard Lewis -- ch. 2. The man-made setting: Islamic art and architecture / Richard Ettinghausen -- ch. 3. Cities and citizens: the growth and culture of urban Islam / Oleg Grabar -- ch. 4. The mystic path: the Sufi tradition / Fritz Meier -- ch. 5. Jewellers without words: the heritage of Islamic literature / Charles Pellat -- ch. 6. The dimension of sound: Islamic music -philosophy, theory and practice / A. Shiloah -- ch. 7. The scientific enterprise: Islamic contributions to the development of science / A.I. Sabra -- ch. 8. Armies of the prophet: strategy, tactics and weapons in Islamic warfare / Edmund Bosworth -- ch. 9. Moorish Spain: the golden age of Cordoba and Granada / Emilio Garcia Gomez -- ch. 10. Land of the lion and the sun: the flowering of Iranian civilization / Roger M. Savory -- ch. 11. The Ottoman Empire: the rise and fall of Turkish domination / Norman Itzkowitz -- ch. 12. Muslim India: from the coming of Islam to independence / S.A.A. Rizvi -- ch. 13. Islam today: problems and prospects of the 19th and 20th centuries / Elie Kedourie |