Books in the The New Cambridge History of Islam series

This volume examines the history of Muslim societies from 1800 to the present. Contributors explore how Muslims responded to the challenges of Western conquest and domination, revealing that the social, economic, political and historical circumstances which influenced these responses have empowered Muslim societies and encouraged transformation and religious revival.

Unparalleled in its range of topics and geographical scope, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800. With topics ranging from religious thought, Islamic law and modern politics to the arts, cinema and new media, the volume highlights the diversity and richness of Islamic civilization.

Leading scholars in the field chart the rise and fall, and the political and religious developments, of the various independent ruling dynasties of the Western Islamic lands from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries. The volume concludes with an in-depth analysis of state building, conversation, finance, education and the military.

This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. The essays in this collection demonstrate that it was during this period that the Islamic world transformed and absorbed new influences and Islam became a truly world religion.

Covering various themes such as religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and cookery, this rich collection of essays reveals the diversity and dynamism of the societies which created this flourishing civilization.

Leading scholars in the field survey the political and cultural history of Islam from its Late Antique origins until the eleventh century, and provide a cutting-edge discussion of the sources and controversies of early Islamic history, including a survey of numismatics, archaeology and material culture.