Manufacturing and Labour (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, 12)

Michael G. Morony (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0860787079 / ISBN 13: 9780860787075

Published by Ashgate, 2003

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Contents: Manufacturing The development of techniques in the medieval Muslim world / G. Wiet, V. Elisse?eff, and Ph. Wolff The main industries of the Mediterranean area as reflected in the records of the Cairo Geniza / S.D. Goitein An introduction to the study of Muslim ceramics / Jean Sauvaget A new interpretation of the economic history of medieval Egypt: the role of the textile industry, 254-567/868-1171 / Gladys Frantz-Murphy Labour The crafts among the Arabs / Ignaz Goldziher Base trades in Islam / Robert Brunschvig The economic conditions of the Mawali in early Islamic times / Jamal Judah Craftsman and groups of craftsmen in the first centuries of Islam / Barbara Finster The working people of the Mediterranean area during the high middle ages / S.D. Goitein Agricultural and irrigation labourers in social and economic life of 'Iraq during the Umayyad and 'Abbasid Caliphates / Muhammad 'Abdul Jabbar The 'Serfs' of Islamic society under the 'Abbasid Regime / Muhammad 'Abdul Jabbar Beg Law and economy in Ifriqiya (Tunisia) in the third Islamic century: agriculture and the role of slaves in the country's economy / Mohamed Talbi Labor partnerships in early Islamic law / Abraham L. Udovitch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manufacturing and Labour (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, 12)
• Publisher: Ashgate
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860787079
• ISBN 13: 9780860787075
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 3.18W x 16.51H x 24.13D centimeters 3.18 centimeters width by 16.51 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 839 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Islam
  • Classical Studies

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Synopsis

This volume, together with its companion volume Production and the Exploitation of Resources, examines the economic basis of the early Islamic world, looking at the organization of extractive and agricultural operations, manufacturing processes, and labour relations. This volume opens with studies of artisanal production that address the issues of specialization, the division of labour, and the proliferation of manufacturing occupations in early Islamic times, looking in particular at ceramic and textile production. The section on labour expands the enquiry to cover the legal and social status of manual labourers and questions of the organization and mobility of labour, wage labour, and labour partnerships. These studies deal with both the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, and also identify the role of slave labour in commerce, domestic service, agriculture and herding. Taken together, this body of work demonstrates a high degree of commercialization in the early Islamic economy, particularly in Iraq, Egypt and Ifriqiya.

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Michael G. Morony