1st Edition

An Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa

328 Pages

by Routledge

328 Pages

by Routledge

328 Pages

by Routledge

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The economic history of the Middle East and North Africa is quite extraordinary. This is an axiomatic statement, but the very nature of the economic changes that have stemmed directly from the effects of oil resources in these areas has tended to obscure longterm patterns of economic change and the fundamental transformation of Middle Eastern and North African economies and societies over the... Read more

Abbreviations and Symbols viii

Preface xi

I Challenge and Response, 1800–1980 1

Impact

II Expansion of Foreign Trade 17

III Development of Transport 44

IV The Influx of Foreign Capital 62

V Migration and Minorities 77

Response

VI Population, Level of Living, and Social Development 93

VII Agricultural Expansion 118

VIII Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization 150