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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784558603321

Autore

Issawi Charles <1916-2000, >

Titolo

The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914 : a documentary economic history / / Charles Issawi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-280-43996-3

0-19-536421-X

1-60129-655-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 p.)

Collana

Studies in Middle Eastern History

Disciplina

330.956

Soggetti

Middle East Economic conditions 19th century

Middle East History 1517-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations and Symbols; I: The Fertile Crescent in the Middle Eastern Economy; II: General and Social Developments; III: Trade; IV: Transport; V: Agriculture; VI: Industry; VII: Finance and Public Finance; Appendix: Weights and Measures; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Places and Peoples

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive selection of documents, many published here for the first time, producing a systematic economic history of the Fertile Crescent in this period.