Author:
Hodgson, Marshall G. S.
Imprint:Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Descriptionxxi, 328 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Collection of previously published material.
Note:Introduction: Marshall G.S. Hodgson and world history / Edmund Burke, III -- PART I. EUROPE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: The interrelations of societies in history -- In the center of the map: nations see themselves as the hub of history -- World history and a world outlook -- The great western transmutation -- Historical method in civilizational studies -- On doing world history -- PART II. ISLAM IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: The role of Islam in world history -- Cultural patterning in Islamdom and the Occident -- The unity of later Islamic history -- Modernity and the Islamic heritage -- PART III. THE DISCIPLINE OF WORLD HISTORY: The objectivity of large-scale historical inquiry: its peculiar limits and requirements -- Conditions of historical comparison among ages and regions: the limitations of their validity -- Interregional studies as integrating the historical disciplines: the practical implications of an interregional orientation for scholars and for the public -- Conclusion: Islamic history as world history: Marshall G.S. Hodgson and the venture of Islam / Edmund Burke, III.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
