Labour in the Medieval Islamic World

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-04-09896-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 452 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 944 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

This is an extensive study of labour in the social and economic life of Islamic communities around the Mediterranean in the medieval period, 9th-15th century.
Based on a large number of primary and secondary sources, it contains a comprehensive dictionary of trades and occupations practised by both men and women, followed by a statistical and textual examination of the division of labour, the distribution of the labour force, occupational structures and the role of labour in the Islamic economy. It also describes ethnic divisions of labour, social status and image. A group of literary sources yields evidence that Muslim theologians, mystics and philosophers gradually formulated a doctrinal framework for labour.
This book will prove a valuable resource for any student of medieval Islamic economic and labour history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shatzmiller

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Maya Shatzmiller, Ph.D. (1974) in Islamic History, Université de Provence, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario. She has published extensively on medieval Islamic societies and institutions, including L'historiographie mérinide. Ibn Khaldun et ses contemporains (Brill, 1982).