01771cam a2200337 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000350008803500130012304000180013604200080015404300120016205000240017408200160019810000180021424500850023226000630031730000400038033600260042033700280044633800270047450400510050150506930055265000520124565000350129765000290133265100380136165100340139916211737OSt20250814093739.0100430s2011    nju      b    001 0 eng    a  2010017346  a9780691147567qhc : alk. paper  a16211737  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc  aaw-----00aHC415.15b.K87 201100a330.9562221 aKuran, Timur.14aThe long divergence :bhow Islamic law held back the Middle East /cTimur Kuran.  aPrinceton ;aOxford :bPrinceton University Press,cc2011.  axvi, 405 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.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? 0aEconomic developmentxReligious aspectsxIslam. 0aIslamic lawxEconomic aspects. 0aIslamxEconomic aspects. 0aMiddle EastxEconomic conditions. 0aMiddle EastxEconomic policy.