Artisan entrepreneurs in Cairo and early-modern capitalism (1600-1800)
/ Nelly Hanna.
1st ed.
Syracuse, N.Y.
: Syracuse University Press
, 2011.
ix, 244 p.
; 24 cm.
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
Defining a framework for the economic history of early-modern Egypt -- Artisan entrepreneurs: capitalist practices in a precapitalist environment -- A period of unprecedented social mobility for nonelites -- The Jalfis: oil pressers and emirs -- Competition between different forms of capitalism -- Guilds: moving between traditional and precapitalist structures -- Conclusion: what remained of artisan entrepreneurship a hundred years later?