Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Muslims and modernity: culture and society in an age of contest and plurality by
ROBERT W. HEFNER;
PART I
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS
2 • New networks and new knowledge: migrations, communications
and the refiguration of the Muslim community in the nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries by
R. MICHAEL FEENER;
3 • Population, urbanisation and the dialectics of globalisation by
CLEMENT M. HENRY;
4 • The origins and early development of Islamic reform by
AHMAD S. DALLAL;
5 • Reform and modernism in the middle twentieth century by
JOHN o. VOLL;
6 ■ Islamic resurgence and its aftermath by
SAID AMIR ARJOMAND;
7 • The new transnationalism: globalising Islamic movements by
PETER MANDAVILLE;
8 • Muslims in the West: Europe by
JOHN R. BOWEN;
9 • Muslims in the West: North America by
KAREN ISAKSEN LEONARD;
10 • New frontiers and conversion by
ROBERT LAUNAY;
PART II
RELIGION AND LAW
11 • Contemporary trends in Muslim legal thought and ideology by SAMIZUBAIDA;
12 • A case comparison: Islamic law and the Saudi and Iranian legal systems by
FRANK E. VOGEL;
13 • Beyond dhimmihood: citizenship and human rights by
ABDULLAHI AHMED AN-NA'lM;
14 • The 'ulama': scholarly tradition and new public commentary by
MUHAMMAD QASIM ZAMAN;
15 • Sufism and neo Sufism by
BRUCE B. LAWRENCE;
PART III
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC THOUGHT
16 • Islamic political thought by
L. CARL BROWN;
17 • Women, family and the law: the Muslim personal status law debate in Arab states by
LYNN WELCHMAN;
18 • Culture and politics in Iran since the 1979 revolution by
NIKKI R. KEDDIE;
19 • Modern Islam and the economy by
TIMUR KURAN
PART IV
CULTURES, ARTS AND LEARNING 4%
20 • Islamic knowledge and education in the modern age by
ROBERT W. HEFNER;
21 • History, heritage and modernity: cities in the Muslim world between destruction and reconstruction by
JENS HANSSEN;
22 • Islamic philosophy and science by
S. NOMANUL HAQ;
23 • The press and publishing by
AMI AYALON;
24 • The modern art of the Middle East by
VENETIA PORTER;
25 • Cinema and television in the Arab world by
WALTER ARMBRUST;
26 • Electronic media and new Muslim publics by
JON W. ANDERSON

Unparalleled in its range of topics and geographical scope, the sixth and final volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800. Robert Hefner's thought provoking account of the political and intellectual transformation of the Muslim world introduces the volume, which proceeds with twenty five essays by luminaries in their fields through a broad range of topics. These include develop ments in society and population, religious thought and Islamic law, Muslim views of modern politics and economics, education and the arts, cinema and new media. The essays, which highlight the diversity and richness of Islamic civilisation, engage with regions right across the Islamic world from the heartiands of the Middle East and Asia, through new territories in Europe and the Americas. Narratives are clear and engaging and will fascinate all those curious about the momentous changes that have taken place among the world's 1.7 billion Muslims in the last two centuries.