Artisan entrepreneurs in Cairo and early-modern capitalism (1600-1800)
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Nelly Hanna.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Syracuse, N.Y.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Syracuse University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 244 p.
Dimensions
; 24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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?