Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914 - A Documentary Economic History

Zusatztext 'the volume will be extremely valuable to anyone involved in teaching or studying the economic history of the region ... Issawi has written a fine! pioneering work'M.E. Yapp! School of Oriental and African Studies! Business History! July '90 Klappentext This is the first comprehensive history and economic analysis of the Fertile Crescent during the 19th century! a region currently encompassing Iraq! Syria! Lebanon! Israel! Jordan! and a small part of Turkey. Presenting 155 carefully selected documents--the majority drawn from British and French archives and here published for the first time! the balance translated from Arabic! French! German! Russian! Hebrew! Italian! and Turkish sources--Issawi provides an in-depth treatment of the economic life of the region! with chapters on social life and organization! trade! transport! agriculture! industry! and public and private finance. Including extensive cross-references that pinpoint the connections between the subjects discussed! the book is an invaluable resource on a historically rich and dynamic region. Zusammenfassung This is the first systematic economic history of the Fertile Crescent throughout the nineteenth century, a region encompassing what is now Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and a small part of Turkey. Charles Issawi, an authority on the Middle East, has compiled and edited a comprehensive selection of documents from sources in English and seven other languages (all translated), the majority published here for the first time. His own substantive chapter introductions and the 154 selections cover all aspects of nineteenth century economic life in the region: social life and organization, trade, transport, and public and private finance.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Issawi, Charles (Bayard Dodge Professor of Near Ea Issawi, Issawi Charles
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.1988
• EAN: 9780195049510
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504951-0
• No. of pages: 518
• Series: Studies in Middle Eastern History; Studies in Middle Eastern History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, HISTORY / Middle East / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, macroeconomics, Economic Geography, c 1500 onwards to present day, Economic theory & philosophy, Archaeology, Middle Eastern history, Microeconomics, Economics of specific sectors, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Economic theory and philosophy