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Islamic Roots of Capitalism: Egypt, 1760-1840 - Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms Peter Gran New edition
Islamic Roots of Capitalism: Egypt, 1760-1840 - Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
Peter Gran
Challenging the ethnocentric notion that a capitalist economy could only be transferred to the peripheral states through contact with Europe, this text argues that the capitalist transformation of the Egyptian economy was begun by Muslim merchants and Mamluk rulers in the 18th century.
296 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 1, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780815605065 |
| Publishers | Syracuse University Press |
| Pages | 340 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 229 × 19 mm · 467 g |
| Language | English |