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CONTENTS
IBN KHALDUN x
PREFACE xii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER ONE. METHOD 26
Contents of the Prolegomena; Nature of history; Sources of
error in historical writing; Historical change; Sociology as
an aid to history; The new science of sociology.
CHAPTER TWO. GEOGRAPHY. 38
The earth; Influence of climate; Influence of air; Influ-
ence of food.
Not all group Differences are racial in origin; Differ-
ences between groups are cultural, not innate; Imitation
of the conquerors by the vanquished; The Arabs; The
Jews; The Persians; Scholars and politicians; Country-
men and townsmen; Characteristics of traders.
CHAPTER THREE. ECONOMICS 71
Labour and value; Demand; Supply; Price Inter-
dependence of prices; Wealth is a social, not an individual
product.
Money is the measure and store of value; Money is not
wealth.
Kinds of occupation; Stages of economic development;
Economic relations between town and country; The
principal crafts.
Economic consequences of oppression; Prestige helps in
the acquisition of wealth.
CHAPTER FOUR. PUBLIC FINANCE 87
Changes in the rate of taxation; Distribution of taxation;
State expenditure on social services; A state reserve fund is
unnecessary; The Government as a market for goods and
services; Effects of state expenditure on the national income
and tax receipts.

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Publication Information: Book Title: An Arab Philosophy of History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun of Tunis (1332-1406). Contributors: Charles Issawi - transltr, Ibn Khaldun - author. Publisher: John Murray. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1950. Page Number: vii.
    
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