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

Marshall G. S. Hodgson

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University of Chicago Press
15 February 1977

General & world history; Islam

"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."

By: Marshall G. S. Hodgson
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 836g
ISBN: 9780226346830
ISBN 10: 0226346838
Pages: 540
Publication Date: 15 February 1977
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marshall G. S. Hodgson (1922-1968) was an influential scholar of Islamic religion and culture. He taught at the University of Chicago and chaired the Committee on Social Thought. At his death at age 46, he left behind a manuscript that would become a magisterial three-volume book, The Venture of Islam, published posthumously by the Press. The Venture of Islam has shaped all subsequent study of Islam.

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