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Hitti, Philip K.

 
9780333631416: History of The Arabs
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ISBN 10: 0333631412 ISBN 13: 9780333631416
Editorial: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2017

Sinopsis

This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a work of great thoroughness and insight which contains much to satisfy general readers as well as scholars. Here is the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay, unrolling one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history. For this reissue of the tenth edition, Walid Khalidi gives a brief overview of the history and content of the book, and emphasises the vital importance of Philip K. Hitti's magisterial and scholarly work to on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide.

This accessible text is ideal not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Arabic and Islamic studies, but also for the general reader and many scholars in various fields of history.

New to this Edition:
- Fully updated with the results of new research
- Contains a new Preface by a leading academic in the field, which highlights the importance of this book to past and present attempts to close the cultural gap between the Arab and Western worlds

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Acerca del autor

Philip K. Hitti was Professor of Semitic Literature at Princeton University, USA.

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This classic history of the Arab peoples is a work of great thoroughness and insight which contains much to satisfy general readers as well as scholars. Here is the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay, unrolling one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history.

For this reissue of the tenth edition, Walid Khalidi gives a brief overview of the history and content of the book, and emphasises the vital importance of Philip K. Hitti's magisterial and scholarly work to on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide.

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Editorial
Bloomsbury 3PL
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0333631412
ISBN 13 
9780333631416
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
864
Contacto del fabricante
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780333631423: History of The Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0333631420 ISBN 13:  9780333631423
Editorial: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2002
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