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Hanna, Nelly.

Artisan entrepreneurs in Cairo and early-modern capitalism (1600-1800) / [electronic resource] : Nelly Hanna. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2011. - ix, 244 p. - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms . - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining a framework for the economic history of early-modern Egypt -- Artisan entrepreneurs: capitalist practices in a precapitalist environment -- A period of unprecedented social mobility for nonelites -- The Jalfis: oil pressers and emirs -- Competition between different forms of capitalism -- Guilds: moving between traditional and precapitalist structures -- Conclusion: what remained of artisan entrepreneurship a hundred years later?.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Artisans--History.--Egypt--Cairo
Entrepreneurship--History.--Egypt--Cairo
Capitalism--History.--Egypt--Cairo

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt--Economic conditions.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD9999.H363 / E343 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 331.7/94