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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807143903321

Autore

Hanna Nelly

Titolo

Artisan entrepreneurs [[electronic resource] ] : in Cairo and early-modern capitalism (1600-1800) / / Nelly Hanna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Syracuse, N.Y., : Syracuse University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8156-5115-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms

Disciplina

331.7/94

Soggetti

Artisans - Egypt - Cairo - History

Entrepreneurship - Egypt - Cairo - History

Capitalism - Egypt - Cairo - History

Egypt Economic conditions

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

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?.