Masters of the Trade: Crafts and Craftspeople in Cairo, 1750-1850 (Cairo Papers in Social Science) (Cairo Papers in Social Science)

Based on various guild charters, this monograph analyzes the ways in which artisans and merchants organized themselves during the Ottoman period and asks whether these forms of organization changed during the first half of the 19th century. Based on various guild charters, most of which have never been studied before, this monograph analyzes the different ways in which artisans and merchants organized themselves during the Ottoman period, and asks whether these forms of organization changed during the first half of the nineteenth century. 'Dar al-Kutub No. 15551/99'--T.p. verso.