TY - BOOK AU - Hanna,Nelly ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Artisan entrepreneurs: in Cairo and early-modern capitalism (1600-1800) T2 - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms AV - HD9999.H363 E343 2011eb U1 - 331.7/94 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Syracuse, N.Y. PB - Syracuse University Press KW - Artisans KW - Egypt KW - Cairo KW - History KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Capitalism KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10493603 ER -