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999			_c162132 _d162132
020			_a9780691147567 (hc : alk. paper)
040			_cCUS
082	0	0	_a330.956 _bKUR/L
100	1		_aKuran, Timur.
245	1	4	_aThe long divergence: _bhow Islamic law held back the Middle East/ _cTimur Kuran.
260			_aPrinceton; _aOxford: _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2011.
300			_axvi, 405 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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?
650		0	_aEconomic development _xReligious aspects _xIslam.
650		0	_aIslamic law _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aIslam _xEconomic aspects.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xEconomic conditions.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xEconomic policy.
942			_cWB16