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BL
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985728
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b740098
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Issawi, Charles Philip.
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| Title & Author
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An economic history of the Middle East and North Africa /\ Charles Issawi.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Routledge,, 2006.
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1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages)
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| ISBN
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0415607604
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: 1134560516
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: 1134560583
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: 1134560656
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: 1315888971
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: 9780415607605
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: 9781134560516
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: 9781134560585
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: 9781134560653
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: 9781315888972
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0415379989
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9780415379984
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9780415607605
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1982.
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Reprint of: London : Methuen, 1982.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-297) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Abbreviations and Symbols; Preface; I Challenge and Response, 1800-1980; II Expansion of Foreign Trade; III Development of Transport; IV The Influx of Foreign Capital; V Migration and Minorities; VI Population, Level of Living, and Social Development; VII Agricultural Expansion; VIII Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization; IX Institutions and Policy, Money and Prices, Savings and Investment; X Petroleum: Transformation or Explosion?; XI The Balance Sheets; Statistical Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Subject Index.
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| Abstract
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The economic history of the Middle East and North Africa is quite extraordinary. This is an axiomatic statement, but the very nature of the economic changes that have stemmed directly from the effects of oil resources in these areas has tended to obscure longterm patterns of economic change and the fundamental transformation of Middle Eastern and North African economies and societies over the past two hundred years. In this study Professor Issawi examines and explains the development of these economies since 1800, focusing particularly on the challenge posed by the use and sub.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Reference.
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Economic development.
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Economic history.
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Africa, North, Economic conditions.
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Middle East, Economic conditions.
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Middle East, Economic development, 1800-1980.
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Middle East.
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North Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.956
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| LC Classification
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HC415.15
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