Book review: The long divergence: how Islamic law held back the Middle East by Timur Kuran

Abdul Azim Islahi

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This is a critical evaluation of the book entitled The Long Divergence:How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East by Timur Kuran.

Keywords: Economic History of Middle East; Ottoman Economic History; Decadence of Muslim East; Islamic law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B00 K00 N80 N85 O1 P00 P51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012, Revised 2012
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Published in Journal of King Abdulaziz University - Islamic Economics 2.25(2012): pp. 253-261

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