Town and country in the Middle East
Subtitle: Iran and Egypt in the transition to globalization, 1800-1970
By: Mohammad A. Chaichian.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780739126776; 9780739132203
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Iran -- History; Urbanization -- Iran; Cities and towns -- Egypt -- History; Urbanization -- Egypt; Globalization
Description: "In this book, Mohammad A. Chaichian examines the process of dependent urbanization in Iran and Egypt relating to each country's unique colonial history and dependence on a constantly changing global economy since the early nineteenth century. Using historical data, Chaichian argues that the development of dependent economies has led to displacement of the rural population and migration to major urban centers such as Tehran in Iran and Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. The findings of this study also indicate that by the mid-1970s Iran and Egypt were fully incorporated into the global economy, but in various degrees have since resisted the systemic demands of the new phase of globalization that requires open and fluid borders for utilization of labor, capital investment, and transfer of information."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Comparing Iran and Egypt : theoretical and methodological considerations; title: Urban political economy and the search for a theory of dependent urbanization; title: Iran and Egypt : comparing the incomparable?; title: Dependent urbanization in Iran; title: Town and country in pre-capitalist Iran, 1800-80s; title: Development of commercial capitalism and dependent urbanization in Iran, 1880s-1953; title: Dependent urbanization in iran : from the; title: Mossadeq era to the 1979 revolution; title: Uneven urban development and hyper-; title: Urbanization in Iran : the case of Tehran; title: Dependent urbanization in Egypt; title: Urbanization in pre-capitalist Egypt, 1798-1882; title: British colonialism and dependent urbanization in Egypt, 1882-1952; title: Dependent urbanization in post-revolution; title: Egypt, 1952-1970; title: Uneven urban development in Egypt: the case; title: Of Cairo; title: Divergent paths of dependent urbanization in Iran; title: And Egypt; title: Dependent urbanization and development in; title: Iran and Egypt : a comparative analysis; title: Epilogue globalization, the "new world order" and; title: Prospects for Iran and Egypt in the region.