Poverty and charity in Middle Eastern contexts / / edited by Michael Bonner, Mine Ener, Amy Singer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819907303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-7914-8676-1; 1-4175-3131-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 345 p. : ill
• Collana: SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East
• Altri autori (Persone): BonnerMichael David; EnerMine <1965->; SingerAmy
• Disciplina: 362.5/0956
• Soggetti: Poverty - Middle East; Charity - Middle East; Islam - Charities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on papers presented at a conference held at the University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies in May 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- POVERTY AND CHARITY IN MIDDLE EASTERN CONTEXTS -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Part I: Entitlement and Obligation -- 1. Poverty and Charity in the Rise of Islam by Michael Bonner -- 2. Status-Based Definitions of Need in Early Islamic Zakat and Maintenance Laws by Ingrid Mattson -- 3. The Foreign Jewish Poor in Medieval Egypt by Mark R. Cohen -- 4. "Prices Are in God's Hands": The Theory and Practice of Price Control in the Medieval Islamic World by Adam Sabra -- Part II: Institutions -- 5. The Functional Aspects of Medieval Islamic Hospitals by Yasser Tabbaa -- 6. Charity and Hospitality: Hospitals in the Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern Period by Miri Shefer -- 7. Charity, the Poor, and Distribution of Alms in Ottoman Algiers by Miriam Hoexter -- Part III: The State as Benefactor -- 8. Living on the Margins of Charity: Coping with Poverty in an Ottoman Provincial City by Eyal Ginio -- 9. The Charity of the Khedive by Mine Ener -- 10. Imperial Gifts and Sultanic Legitimation during the Late Ottoman Empire, 1876-1909 by Nadir ; Özbek -- Part IV: Changing Worlds -- 11. Al-Tahtawi on Poverty and Welfare by Juan R. I. Cole -- 12. Islam, Philanthropy, and Political Culture in Interwar Egypt: The Activism of Labiba Ahmad by Beth Baron -- 13. "The Child Question": The Politics of Child Welfare in Early Republican Turkey by Kathryn Libal -- Part V: Welfare as Politics -- 14. Islamic Redistribution through Zakat: Historical Record and Modern Realities by Timur Kuran -- 15. Charity's Legacies: A Reconsideration of Ottoman Imperial Endowment-Making by Amy Singer -- Conclusion by Natalie Zemon Davis -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- SUNY series in the Social and Economic History.
• Sommario/riassunto: Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.