Until recently, the historiography of Middle Eastern economic elites during the first globalization has ignored the significant role played by Muslim tujj?r (big merchant-entrepreneurs). Foreign firms and local minorities were considered the prime agents of economic change and the initiators of economic growth. The 12 studies in this volume show that the Muslim tujj?r played a major economic role in various regions of the Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their investments, mainly in commercial agriculture, resulted in economic growth and changed economic structures and social relations in many Middle Eastern communities. They were also involved in political developments, some of which had a dramatic effect on the history of their countries, as for instance in late Qajar Iran. They also played a unique role in the process of cultural change. Although they supported the ?ulam?? financially, they also contributed to the establishment of new educational and cultural institutions. The story of the tujj?r is unique in the sense that it was the only indigenous elite group in the pre-World War I Middle East to bridge between traditional forces and concepts and Western attitudes and practices. (CS 1108).
| ISBN: | 9781032011592 |
| Publication date: | 31st October 2022 |
| Author: | Gad Gilbar |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 284 pages |
| Series: | Variorum Collected Studies |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history Economic history |
Until recently, the historiography of Middle Eastern economic elites during the first globalization has ignored the significant role played by Muslim tujj?r (big merchant-entrepreneurs). Foreign firms and local minorities were considered the prime agents of economic change and the initiators of economic growth. The 12 studies in this volume show that the Muslim tujj?r played a major economic role in various regions of the Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their investments, mainly in commercial agriculture, resulted in economic growth and changed economic structures and social relations in many Middle Eastern communities. They were also involved in political developments, some of which had a dramatic effect on the history of their countries, as for instance in late Qajar Iran. They also played a unique role in the process of cultural change. Although they supported the ?ulam?? financially, they also contributed to the establishment of new educational and cultural institutions. The story of the tujj?r is unique in the sense that it was the only indigenous elite group in the pre-World War I Middle East to bridge between traditional forces and concepts and Western attitudes and practices. (CS 1108).
Trade and Enterprise features in the following genres: Middle Eastern history, Economic history
Trade and Enterprise is available in Hardback
Trade and Enterprise was written by Gad Gilbar and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Trade and Enterprise has 284 pages
Yes it is part of Variorum Collected Studies series
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