TY - BOOK AU - Hodgson,Marshall G.S. AU - Burke,Edmund TI - Rethinking world history: essays on Europe, Islam, and world history SN - 0521432537 AV - D21.3 .H63 1993 U1 - 909 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Cambridge [England], New York, NY, USA PB - Cambridge University Press KW - World history KW - Islamic civilization KW - Western influences KW - History KW - Philosophy KW - Europe KW - Civilization KW - Islamic influences N1 - Collection of previously published material; Includes bibliographical references; 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--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--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 intergrating the historical disciplines: The practical implications of an interregional orientation for scholars and for the public--Conclusion: Islamic history as world history UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/92032575.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam025/92032575.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/92032575.html ER -