| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 244 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
|
|
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Defining a framework for the economic history of early-modern Egypt -- Artisan entrepreneurs: capitalist practices in a precapitalist environment -- A period of unprecedented social mobility for nonelites -- The Jalfis: oil pressers and emirs -- Competition between different forms of capitalism -- Guilds: moving between traditional and precapitalist structures -- Conclusion: what remained of artisan entrepreneurship a hundred years later? |
| Summary |
Offering richly detailed portraits as well as an overview of the Ottoman Empire's economic landscape, Hanna incorporates artisans into the historical development of the period, portraying them in the context of their work, their families, and their social relations. These artisans developed a variety of capitalist practices, both as individuals and collectively in their guilds. Responding to the demands of expanding commercial environments in Egypt and Europe, artisans found ways to adapt both production techniques and the organization of production. Hanna details the ways in which artisans defied the constraints of the guilds and actively engaged in the markets of Europe, demonstrating how Egyptian artisan production was able to compete and survive in a landscape of growing European trade. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Artisans -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
|
|
Artisans. |
|
Egypt -- Cairo. |
|
History. |
|
Entrepreneurship -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
|
|
Entrepreneurship. |
|
Capitalism -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
|
|
Capitalism. |
|
Egypt -- Economic conditions.
|
|
Egypt. |
|
Economic conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hanna, Nelly. Artisan entrepreneurs. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011009263 |
| ISBN |
9780815651154 (electronic book) |
|
0815651155 (electronic book) |
|
9780815632795 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
|
