"Los artesanos representaron el origen de la industria moderna, por lo que en diversas sociedades su estudio ha resultado crucial para entender la transición de la economía tradicional, basada en la agricultura y el comercio esporádico, a la economía moderna, volcada a la producción...

Though written at different times, and in response to different occasions, the essays in this book aim to offer a convincing and coherent approach to the interpretation of the topic referred to in the title. The initial impetus for this long course of historical research came in 1976, with a...

Defining a framework for the economic history of early-modern Egypt -- Artisan entrepreneurs: capitalist practices in a precapitalist environment -- A period of unprecedented social mobility for nonelites -- The Jalfis: oil pressers and emirs -- Competition between different forms of capitalism...