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?.
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