TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shatzmiller
TI  - Labour in the Medieval Islamic World
T2  - Islamic History and Civilization
SN  - 9789004491410
AV  - HD5811.9.A6 S53 1994
U1  - 331.11/0917/671 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Labor supply
KW  - Islamic Empire
KW  - Occupations
KW  - Classification
KW  - Sexual division of labor
KW  - Women
KW  - Employment
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004491410
ER  -