02104nam a2200325 a 4500 16211737 120503s2011 nju b 001 0 eng 2010017346 9780691147567 (hc : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC BD-DhAAL pcc aw----- HC415.15 .K87 2011 330.956 22 Kuran, Timur. The long divergence : how Islamic law held back the Middle East / Timur Kuran. Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2011. xvi, 405 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 00025082 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? Middle East Economic conditions. Middle East Economic policy. Economic development Religious aspects Islam. Islamic law Economic aspects. Islam Economic aspects. Ayesha Abed Library General shelf. 12142 12142 0 0 ddc 0 330_956000000000000_KUR 0 20159 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2012-05-07 karim International 2640.00 1 3 330.956 KUR 3010025082 2025-04-06 2025-02-27 1 2012-05-07 BK 0 0 ddc 0 330_956000000000000_KUR 0 20160 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2012-05-07 karim International 2640.00 2 18 330.956 KUR 3010025083 2024-05-14 2024-02-19 2 2012-05-07 BK