The Muqaddimah
Subtitle: an introduction to history
By: Ibn Khaldūn ; translated by Franz Rosenthal ; edited and abridged by N.J. Dawood
Contributors: Rosenthal, Franz, 1914-2003, translator; Dawood, N. J., editor
Series: Bollingen series; Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks; A Princeton classic edition; Bollingen series; Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks; Princeton classic editions
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780691166285
Subjects: Philosophy; Early works to 1800; Civilization; History
Description: This prolegomenon was written in the 14th century by the Arab scholar Ibn Khaldūn, & laid the intellectual foundations for philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography & economics. This translation was first published in 1958 in three volumes.
Notes: Translated from the Arabic.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human civilization in general; title: Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements; title: On dynastics, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things; title: Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization; title: On the various aspects of making a living, such as profit and the crafts ; the conditions that occur in this connection; title: The various kinds of sciences ; the methods of instruction.