New Perspectives on Property and Land in the Middle East

New Perspectives on Property and Land in the Middle East PDF Author: Roger Owen
Publisher: Harvard CMES
ISBN: 9780932885265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Book Description
Land was the major economic resource in the pre-modern Middle East. Questions of ownership, of access, of management and of control occupied a central role in administration, in law, and in rural practice over many centuries. Nevertheless, the subject of land and property relations is still not well understood.