In this Book
- Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East (discontinued)
summary
Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies—from the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E. to the present day—have confronted poverty and the poor. By introducing new sources and presenting familiar ones with new questions, the contributors examine ideas about poverty and the poor, ideals and practices of charity, and state and private initiatives of poor relief over this extensive time span. They avoid easy generalizations about Islam and the Middle East as they seek to set the ideals and practices in comparative perspective.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- p. vii
- Note to the Reader
- p. ix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-9
- Part I: Entitlement and Obligation
- Part II: Institutions
- Part III: The State as Benefactor
- 9. The Charity of the Khedive
- pp. 185-201
- Part IV: Changing Worlds
- 11. Al-Tahtawi on Poverty and Welfare
- pp. 223-238
- Part V: Welfare as Politics
- Conclusion
- pp. 315-324
- Contributors
- pp. 325-328
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791486764
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
56066787
Pages
358
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No