TY - BOOK AU - Hanna,Nelly ED - Project Muse. TI - Artisan entrepreneurs in Cairo and early-modern capitalism (1600-1800) T2 - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms SN - 9780815651154 AV - HD9999.H363 E343 2011 U1 - 331.7/94 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Syracuse, N.Y. PB - Syracuse University Press KW - Capitalism KW - Egypt KW - Cairo KW - History KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Artisans KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index; Defining a framework for the economic history of early-modern Egypt -- Artisan entrepreneurs: capitalist practices in a precapitalist environment -- A period of unprecedented social mobility for nonelites -- The Jalfis: oil pressers and emirs -- Competition between different forms of capitalism -- Guilds: moving between traditional and precapitalist structures -- Conclusion: what remained of artisan entrepreneurship a hundred years later? UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780815651154/ ER -