The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back  the Middle East, by Timur Kuran.:  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011.  Pp. 424 Hardcover. ISBN 9781400836017. Price: $ 29.95.

Arshad  Zaman

doi:10.52541/isiri.v49i2.3657

The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East, by Timur Kuran.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Pp. 424 Hardcover. ISBN 9781400836017. Price: $ 29.95.

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Arshad Zaman A retired economist engaged in independent study and research in Karachi, Pakistan. In his long career, served as Chief Economist, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, and earlier, as Senior Economist with the World Bank.

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https://doi.org/10.52541/isiri.v49i2.3657

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divergence, Islamic Law, middle east, Timur Kuran

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2010-07-20

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Zaman, Arshad. 2010. “95”. Islamic Studies 49 (2):277–289. https://doi.org/10.52541/isiri.v49i2.3657.

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Vol. 49 No. 2 (2010): Islamic Studies

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