| A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century Contributor(s): Owen, Roger (Author), Pamuk, Sevket (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674398319 ISBN-13: 9780674398313 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1999 Annotation: This important book on economic development in the modern Middle East examines, for the first time, the separate national economies of the Arab states, including the Gulf, Israel, and Turkey, from 1918 to the present. It describes the main trends within each economy based on the best available statistical data, and answers larger questions concerning the long-term growth of the countries, first in the colonial period, then in the periods characterized by planning and development, followed by the first steps toward liberalization and structural adjustment. It evaluates government policy in promoting the protection of imports and in advancing market economies. Policies employed by the oil-producing states to build new institutional structures based on near unlimited supplies of capital and labor are also examined. The Middle East economies are placed in their proper international context, and questions of colonialism and labor migration are discussed. The authors evaluate where the Middle Eastern economies are now, and speculate about how they may develop in the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Middle East - General - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
| Dewey: 330.956 |
| LCCN: 98-29099 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.03" W x 9.19" (0.99 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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Contributor Bio(s): Pamuk, Sevket: - Sevket Pamuk is Professor of Economic History, Bogazici University, Istanbul.Owen, Roger: - Roger Owen was A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.Pamuk, Sevket: - Sevket Pamuk is Professor of Economic History, Bogazici University, Istanbul.Owen, Roger: - Roger Owen is A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. |