The how Islamic law held back the Middle East Kuran, Timur. creator text bibliography nju Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xvi, 405 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. The 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? Timur Kuran. Includes bibliographical references and index. aw----- Middle East Economic conditions Middle East Economic policy Economic development Religious aspects Islam Islamic law Economic aspects Islam Economic aspects HC415.15 .K87 2011 330.956 9780691147567 (hc : alk. paper) 2010017346 DLC 120503 16211737