8vo. x, 258 pp, frontispiece map, publisher’s original wrappers, previous owner’s name and date embossed stamped on verso back cover, copy in very good condition otherwise, biblio, index, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1983.

Synopsis

After a broad ranging introduction by the author, a historical section with chapters by other well known authors on the subject, gives an unmatched overview of the developing interaction between religion, society and politics in Shi’ism, from its beginnings to the present.