Artisan entrepreneurs in Cairo and early-modern capitalism : 1600-1800 /

Artisan entrepreneurs in Cairo and early-modern capitalism : 1600-1800 /

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Main Author: Hanna, Nelly (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2011.

Edition: 1. publ. in Egypt.

Subjects:

Artisans > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Capitalism > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Entrepreneurship > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Egypt > Economic conditions.

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Call Number: HD9999 .H363 E343 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • •1. Defining a Framework for the Economic History of Early-Modern Egypt •2. Artisan Entrepreneurs: Capitalist Practices in a Precapitalist Environment •3. A Period of Unprecedented Social Mobility for Nonelites •4. The Jalfis: Oil Pressers and Emirs •5. Competition Between Different Forms of Capitalism •6. Guilds: Moving Between Traditional and Precapitalist Structures •7. Conclusion: What Remained of Artisan Entrepreneurship a Hundred Years Later?