Islamic Roots of Capitalism

Gran, Peter

ISBN 10: 0815605064 / ISBN 13: 9780815605065

Published by Syracuse University Press, 1998

About this Item

Challenging the ethnocentric notion that a capitalist economy could only be transferred to the peripheral states through contact with Europe, this text argues that the capitalist transformation of the Egyptian economy was begun by Muslim merchants and Mamluk rulers in the 18th century. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JFSR2; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467. . 1998. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islamic Roots of Capitalism
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815605064
• ISBN 13: 9780815605065
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This paperback edition has an updated first chapter, resituating its main argument for today’s readers. New historical data on eigh­teenth- and nineteenth-century Egypt makes an extremely persuasive argument for the eighteenth-century roots of Egyptian modernity. The similarity, too, of Egyptian history with other Mediterranean countries is much more clearly demonstrated today than when<i> </i><i>Islamic Roots of Capitalism</i> first was published.

About the Author

<b>Peter Gran</b>, professor of history at Temple University, is the author of <i>Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History, also published by Syracuse University Press. </i>