Draft:The Venture of Islam

The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization is a book on Islamic history by the American historian Marshall Hodgson (1922–1968). Published posthumously in 1975, the book is credited with having radically changed the academic study of Islam.

Hodgson's book introduced several new terms to the study of Islamic history, most notably "Islamicate" and "Persianate society".

Background
Marshall Hodgson received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1951, and worked at Chicago from then until his sudden death in 1968. After Hodgson's death, various colleagues helped to publish the three volumes of his unfinished book, The Venture of Islam, which appeared with University of Chicago Press in 1975. Hodgson's notes for the book had served as the basis of his teaching at Chicago.

Reception
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