The long divergence : how Islamic law held back the Middle East /
Timur Kuran.
- xvi, 405 p. : ill. ; 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?
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Islam--Economic aspects Economic development--Religious aspects--Islam Islamic law--Economic aspects Ekonomik kalkınma--Dini yönleri--İslam İslam--Ekonomik yönleri İslam hukuku--Ekonomik yönleri
Orta Doğu--Ekonomik durum Middle East--Economic conditions Middle East--Economic policy Orta Doğu--Ekonomi politikası