The long divergence : how Islamic law held back the Middle East / Timur Kuran.

By:

Kuran, Timur

Publication details: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: xvi, 405 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691147567 (hc : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.956 22

LOC classification:

HC415.15 .K87 2011

Contents:

Contents: The puzzle of the Middle East's economic retardation -- Analyzing the economic role of Islam -- Commercial life under Islamic rule -- Stagnation of Islamic commercial organization -- Constraining features 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?

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	Library Compactors	330.956 KUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		27855

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
The puzzle of the Middle East's economic retardation --
Analyzing the economic role of Islam --
Commercial life under Islamic rule --
Stagnation of Islamic commercial organization --
Constraining features 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?

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