A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century
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A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century by Roger Owen
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.
Well written, accessible, judicious--the fruit of years of distinguished study of the region-- Alan Richards, University of California, Santa Cruz
This book is the production of two of the most important economic historians of the Middle East now engaged in writing and research. -- Ellis Goldberg, Princeton University
This book is the production of two of the most important economic historians of the Middle East now engaged in writing and research. -- Ellis Goldberg, Princeton University
Roger Owen was A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Sevket Pamuk is Professor of Economic History, Bogazici University, Istanbul.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674398313 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674398319 |
| Title | A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century |
| Author | Roger Owen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1999-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 332 |
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