| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2010017346 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691147567 (trade : alk. paper) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0691147566 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
330.956 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Kuran, Timur. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The long divergence : |
| Subtitle |
how Islamic law held back the Middle East / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Timur Kuran. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Princeton, N.J. : |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date |
c2011. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 405 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill., maps ; |
| Size |
25 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
The puzzle of the Middle East's economic underdevelopment -- Analyzing the economic role of Islam -- Commercial life under Islamic rule -- The persistent simplicity of Islamic partnerships -- Drawbacks of the Islamic inheritance system -- The absence of the corporation in Islamic law -- Barriers to the emergence of a Middle Eastern business corporation -- Credit markets without banks -- The Islamization of non-Muslim economic life -- The ascent of the Middle East's religious minorities -- Origins and fiscal impact of the capitulations -- Foreign privileges as facilitators of impersonal exchange -- The absence of Middle Eastern consuls -- Did Islam inhibit economic development? |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Discusses the history of the Middle East and how the region was comparable with the Europe in the year 1000, but fell behind financially, in living standards, and technology, and argues that Islamic law is to blame. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Economic development |
| General |
Religious aspects |
| -- |
Islam. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Islamic law |
| General |
Economic aspects. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Islam |
| General |
Economic aspects. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Economic policy |
| Form |
Middle East. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Economic development |
| General |
Religious aspects |
| -- |
Islam. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Islamic law |
| General |
Economic aspects. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Islam |
| General |
Economic aspects. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/0ir0ubwal24hklzdjezt3nvqivsmtlf5 |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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47161 |
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47162 |
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47163 |
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27575 |
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47164 |
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47162 |
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47163 |
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27575 |