The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914: A Documentary Economic History

ISBN-13: 9780195049510 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 520 str.

Charles Issawi

Opis

This is the first comprehensive history and economic analysis of the Fertile Crescent during the 19th century, a region currently encompassing Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and a small part of Turkey. Presenting 155 carefully selected documents--the majority drawn from British and French archives and here published for the first time, the balance translated from Arabic, French, German, Russian, Hebrew, Italian, and Turkish sources--Issawi provides an in-depth treatment of the economic life of the region, with chapters on social life and organization, trade, transport, agriculture, industry, and public and private finance. Including extensive cross-references that pinpoint the connections between the subjects discussed, the book is an invaluable resource on a historically rich and dynamic region.

Recenzje

'the volume will be extremely valuable to anyone involved in teaching or studying the economic history of the region ... Issawi has written a fine, pioneering work' M.E. Yapp, School of Oriental and African Studies, Business History, July '90