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

Contents: Manufacturing The development of techniques in the medieval Muslim world / G. Wiet, V. Elisséeff, 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.