The Middle East in the world economy, 1800-1914

by Roger Owen

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 pattern of agricultural, industrial and financial activity. The states formed after the collapse of teh Ottoman Empire found that altering this pattern in their attempts to promote a less dependent form of development was frought with difficulty; and the problems they faced and their different approaches are still highly relevant to the Middle East's economic development today.

Genres: History, Economics, Grad School, Nonfiction, Middle East

378 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Edward Roger John Owen was an English historian who wrote several classic works on the history of the modern Middle East. His research interests included the economic, social and political history of the Middle East, especially Egypt, from 1800 to the present, as well as the theories of imperialism, including military occupations.

Reviews

[Ali Can]

Ders için okudum. Açıkçası çok iyi bir kitap ama fazla detaylı aldı beni boğdu duvardan duvara vurdu. Birçok şey öğrendim teşekkürler şimdi gidip derste hoca soru sorduğunda parmağımı kaldırıp may I diyip gönül rahatlığıyla cevaplicam

[John]

In scholarly terms, excellent, although quite dry