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1 online resource (ix, 345 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East
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SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East.
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| Note |
Based on papers presented at a conference held at University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies in May 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Poverty and charity in the rise of Islam / Michael Bonner -- Status-based definitions of need in early Islamic Zakat and maintenance laws / Ingrid Mattson -- The foreign Jewish poor in medieval Egypt / Mark R. Cohen -- "Prices are in God's hands" : the theory and practice of price control in the medieval Islamic world / Adam Sabra -- The functional aspects of medieval Islamic hospitals / Yasser Tabbaa -- Charity and hospitality : hospitals in the Ottoman empire in the early modern period / Miri Shefer -- Charity, the poor, and distribution of alms in Ottoman Algiers / Miriam Hoexter -- Living on the margins of charity : coping with poverty in an Ottoman provincial city / Eyal Ginio -- The charity of the Khedive / Mine Ener -- Imperial gifts and sultanic legitimation during the late Ottoman empire, 1876-1909 / Nadir Özbek -- Al-Tahtawi on poverty and welfare / Juan R.I. Cole -- Islam, philanthropy, and political culture in interwar Egypt : the activism of Labiba Ahmad / Beth Baron -- "The child question" : the politics of child welfare in early republican Turkey / Kathryn Libal -- Islamic redistribution through Zakat : historical record and modern realities / Timur Kuran --Charity's legacies : reconsideration of Ottoman imperial endowment-making / Amy Singer. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Middle East -- Congresses.
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Poverty. |
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Middle East. |
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Charity -- Congresses.
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Charity. |
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Islam -- Charities -- Congresses.
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Islam -- Charities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Bonner, Michael, 1952-2019.
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Ener, Mine, 1965-
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Singer, Amy.
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University of Michigan. Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poverty and charity in Middle Eastern contexts. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003 0791457389 0791457370 (DLC) 2002042629 (OCoLC)51003845 |
| ISBN |
1417531312 (electronic book) |
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9781417531318 (electronic book) |
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0791457389 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780791457382 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0791457370 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780791457375 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780791486764 |
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0791486761 |
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