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The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914 : a Documentary Economic History.

Issawi's study, the first comprehensive history of the Fertile Crescent during the 19th century, provides an in-depth analysis of the economic life of the region currently encompassing Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and a small part of Turkey.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Issawi, Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Colección:Studies in Middle Eastern history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Abbreviations and Symbols; I: The Fertile Crescent in the Middle Eastern Economy; II: General and Social Developments; Syria; 1. Syria under Egyptian Rule, 1831-1840; 2. The Costs of Civil Strife, 1845-1860; 3. Peasant Uprisings in Lebanon, 1840s-1850s; 4. Cholera, 1865; 5. Education in Lebanon, 1869; 6. Working-Class Conditions, 1838, 1873; 7. Problems of Development of Syria, 1878; 8. Tribes in the Syrian Desert, 1880; 9. Sanjaq of Dayr al-Zur, 1881; 10. Agriculture and Industry in Hama Region, 1883; 11. Education in Syria, 1885; 12. Syrian Emigrants to America, 1904.
  • 13. Report on the Vilayet of Aleppo, 189014. Agriculture and Textiles of Damascus, 1879; 15. Lebanon, 1900; 16. Mutasarriflik of Hama, 1911; 17. Tourism in Lebanon, 1914; 18. Economic and Social Innovations in Aleppo, 1853-1914; 19. Men's Daily Wages in Syria, 1820-1915; 20. Gross Value of Production in Syria, 1913; Iraq; 21. Mosul, 1750-1800; 22. Iraq in 1800; 23. Plagues in Iraq, 1689-1877; 24. Plagues and Floods in Baghdad, 1822 and 1831; 25. Flood of Tigris at Baghdad, 1840-1907; 26. Piracy on the Euphrates, Disturbances at Basra, 1820; 27. Iraq under Dawud Pasha, 1817-1831.
  • 28. Request for Physician and Arms in Baghdad, Introduction of Vaccination, 182429. Pashalik of Baghdad, 1851; 30. Conditions along Proposed Telegraph Route, 1856; 31. Midhat Pasha's Projected Reforms, 1869; 32. Midhat Pasha's Reforms, 1869-1872; 33. Economy of Mosul, 1884; 34. Floods in Iraq, 1894; 35. Baghdad in 1908; III: Trade; Syria; 1. Trade of Alexandretta (Aleppo); 2. Trade of Beirut; 3. Trade of Damascus; 4. Trade of Jaffa; 5. Trade of Aleppo, 18th century; 6. Trade of Damascus, 1825; 7. Emergence of Beirut, 1827; 8. Trade of Beirut, 1838.
  • 9. British Trade and the Rise of Beirut, 1830-186010. Trade and Handicrafts of Aleppo, 1855; 11. Trade of Jaffa, 1899; Iraq; 12. Trade of Baghdad; 13. Trade of Basra; 14. Trade of Mosul; 15. Imports and Exports of Bombay with Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf (Red Sea), 1801-1858; 16. Trade of Iraq, 1790s; 17. Indigo Imports, 1801; 18. Complaints of Imam of Musqat regarding Basra Customs, 1801; 19. Tariffs in Iraq, Aleppo, and Constantinople, 1810; 20. Trade of Basra and Baghdad, 1814; 21. Trade of Baghdad, 1824; 22. Merchandise Trade and Money Transactions of Basra, 1845-1846.
  • 23. Slave Trade, Basra, 184724. Trade of Mosul, 1858; 25. Trade, Shipping, Currency, and Prices in Basra, 1859; 26. Value, Quantity, and Price of Main Exports and Imports, 1864-1958; IV: Transport; Syria; 1. Damascus-Baghdad Caravans, 1847; 2. Ports of Syria and Projected Railway to Basra, 1856; 3. Steam Navigation along the Syrian Coast, 1859; 4. Project for Port of Beirut, 1868; 5. Alexandretta-Aleppo-Birejik Road, 1868, 1881; 6. Transport Costs, 1883; 7. Land Transport in Syria, End of 19th Century; 8. Hajj Caravan, 1903; 9. Alexandretta, Port and Roads, 1899, 1903.