000			01849cam a2200337 a 4500
001			16211737
005			20131008125728.0
007			Hard bound
008			100430s2011 nju b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2010017346
020			_a9780691147567
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
042			_apcc
043			_aaw-----
082	0	0	_a330.956 _222 _bKU-L
100	1		_aKuran, Timur _928817
245	1	4	_aLong divergence _bhow Islamic law held back the middle east
260			_aPrinceton _bPrinceton University Press _c2011
300			_axvi,405p. _bill. maps _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe puzzle of the Middle East's economic retardation -- Analyzing the economic role of Islam -- Commercial life under Islamic rule -- Stagnation of Islamic commercial organization -- Constraining features of the Islamic inheritance system -- The absence of the corporation in Islamic law -- Barriers to the emergence of a Middle Eastern business corporation -- Credit markets without banks -- The Islamization of non-Muslim economic life -- The ascent of the Middle East's religious minorities -- Origins and fiscal impact of the capitulations -- Foreign privileges as facilitators of impersonal exchange -- The absence of Middle Eastern consuls -- Did Islam inhibit economic development?
650		0	_aEconomic development _xReligious aspects _xIslam. _928818
650		0	_aIslamic law _xEconomic aspects. _928819
650		0	_aIslam _xEconomic aspects. _928820
651		0	_aMiddle East _xEconomic conditions. _928821
651		0	_aMiddle East _xEconomic policy. _928822
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c15311 _d15311