[Ebook pdf] The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East
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| #491340 in Books | Princeton University Press | 2012-11-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.30 x.97 x6.43l,1.31 | File Name: 0691156417 | 432 pages |
||30 of 30 people found the following review helpful.| An excellent technical review of complex phenomena|By Don McGowan|When in law school, I studied Islamic legal theory. I wish this book had existed then. But even for a lay reader who is interested in social development and asks why the Islamic world seems not to have been able to develop a modern commercial society, this book will provide insight into why.
This is|From Publishers Weekly|Kuran (Islam and Mammon), a Duke University professor of economics and political science, continues his exploration of Islam and economics in a dense volume that debunks the most common apologies for the economic plight of the Middle East
In the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind--in living standards, technology, and economic institutions. In short, the Middle East had failed to modernize economically as the West surged ahead. What caused this long divergence? And why does the Middle East remain drastically underdeveloped compared to the West? In The Long Divergence, one of the world's lead...
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