Making Big Money in 1600: The Life and Times of Isma'Il Abu Taqiyya, Egyptian Merchant - Brossura

Hanna, Nelly

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ISBN 10: 0815627637 ISBN 13: 9780815627630

Casa editrice: Syracuse Univ Pr, 1998

Riassunto

Nelly Hanna's work challenges the standard perceptions about Middle East society and economy of the seventeenth century. Both novel in its approach and information, this book's central theme revolves
around the rise of an indigenous form of capitalism existing as early as the 1600s.

Making Big Money in 1600 examines the reemergence of the economic sector and its complex influences on social conditions during this time. By examining the life and work of Isma'il Abu Taqiyya, Hanna traces the relationship between economic activities and culture.

As we are introduced to Abu Taqiyya we learn how he negotiates partnership with other merchants, arranges for the handling of goods, and negotiates loans for colleagues. Hanna reveals his home life, his wives, children, and concubines, his relations with his family and friends, and how these relations evolved and were affected by the changing social and economic conditions-a perspective rarely discussed in works before the modern period.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Nelly Hanna is an associate professor of Arabic studies at the American University of Cairo. She is the author of An Urban History of Bulaq in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods, the editor of The State and Its Servants: Administration in Egypt from Ottoman Times to the Present, and has produced many academic articles in English, French, and Arabic.

Product Description:

This text examines the re-emergence of the economic sector in Cairo during the 17th century, and its complex influences on social conditions. It traces the relationship between economic activities and culture through examining the life and work of Isma'il Abu Taqiyya - an Egyptian merchant.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0815627637
• ISBN 13: 9780815627630
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 250