The Middle East in the World Economy, 1800-1914

by Roger Owen

Book Overview

Examines the growth and transformation of the Middle East economy during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The text looks at how the region's economic structures were fundamentally altered by the growing impact of European trade and finance, and by the internal reforms of the rulers of Egypt. It also examines in detail the impact of this process on the four central areas of the Middle East. The result, the author argues, was the creation of a fixed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0416032729
• ISBN13: 9780416032727
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Methuen Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.