this classic book give a broad and deep explanation about how a state is structured, how economy can be grown and how humans interact socially, economically..
Very interesting book and enlighting
ISBN-13
9780691166285
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
27 April 2015
Age Range
NA - NA years
Dimensions
21.84 x 13.97 x 2.29 CM
Shipping Weight
0.50 Kg
Pages
512
Language
English
Grade Level
NA - NA
The Muqaddimah, often translated as Introduction or Prolegomenon, is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including the philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography, and economics. The first complete English translation, by the eminent Islamicist and interpreter of Arabic literature Franz Rosenthal, was published in three volumes in 1958 as part of the Bollingen Series and received immediate acclaim in the United States and abroad. A one-volume abridged version of Rosenthal's masterful translation first appeared in 1969.
This Princeton Classics edition of the abridged version includes Rosenthal's original introduction as well as a contemporary introduction by Bruce B. Lawrence. This volume makes available a seminal work of Islam and medieval and ancient history to twenty-first century audiences.this classic book give a broad and deep explanation about how a state is structured, how economy can be grown and how humans interact socially, economically..
Very interesting book and enlighting