Europe and the Islamic World: A History

by John Tolan, Henry Laurens, Gilles Veinstein

Book Overview

Europe and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "clash of civilizations" between the Muslim world and Europe. In this landmark book, three eminent historians bring to life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691147051
• ISBN13: 9780691147055
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"