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The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914 : a documentary economic history / Charles Issawi [editor].
Lippincott Library HC415.15 .F47 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)
- Studies in Middle Eastern history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Middle East.
- Economic conditions.
- Middle East--History--1517-.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 502 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: pages 481-493.
- ISBN:
- 0195049519
- OCLC:
- 15082399
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