Early Islam and the birth of capitalism
Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism proposes a strikingly original thesis--that capitalism first emerged in Arabia, not in late medieval Italian city states as is commonly assumed. Early Islam made a seminal but largely unrecognized contribution to the history of economic thought; it is the only...
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Lanham
Lexington Books
2014
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Table of Contents:
- The richest man in Arabia
- Markets without government
- Family matters
- A mosque, a market, and a war
- Muhammad's household finances
- Muhammad's executive office
- Muhammadan taxation
- Succession
- Rise of the Rashidun caliphs
- Decline of the Rashidun caliphs
- Journey to Jerusalem
- Islamic gold currency
- Bankers of Baghdad
- Islamic philanthropy : Waqfs
- Islamic venture capital : qirâds
- Islamic trade centres :funduqs
- Law in early islam
- From law to economics
- Market economics in early Islam
- Muslim merchants abroad
- Shifting alliances
- Tax havens in the Holy Land
- The economic consequences of Saladin
- Lives of the merchants
- Early law and economics in Christendom
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the author