Artisan entrepreneurs in Cairo and early-modern capitalism (1600-1800)
By: Nelly Hanna
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Beyond dominant paradigms in the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780815632795
Subjects: History; Entrepreneurship; Economic conditions; Artisans; Capitalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining a framework for the economic history of early-modern Egypt; title: Artisan entrepreneurs: capitalist practices in a precapitalist environment; title: A period of unprecedented social mobility for nonelites; title: The Jalfis: oil pressers and emirs; title: Competition between different forms of capitalism; title: Guilds: moving between traditional and precapitalist structures; title: Conclusion: what remained of artisan entrepreneurship a hundred years later?