Haim, Sylvia G.; Kedourie, Elie

• Chapter 1 1 Despotism and the Disintegration of the Iranian Economy, 1500–1800, AhmadSeyf; Chapter 2 2 Silk and Socio-Economic Changes in Lebanon, 1860–1919, KaisFirro; Chapter 3 3 Reflections on a Subsistence Economy: Production and Trade of the Mahdist Sudan, 1881–1898, Nakash Yitzhak; Chapter 4 4 Land Tenure and Taxation in Iran, 1800–1906, AhmadSeyf; Chapter 5 5 Recent Trends in Agricultural Development in the Near East, A.A.El-Sherbini; Chapter 6 6 The Oil Nationalization Movement, the British Boycott and the Iranian Economy 1951–1953, Kamran M.Dadkhah; Chapter 7 7 The Costs of Foreign Investment: the Case of the Egyptian Free Zones, LeslieSklair; Chapter 8 8 Labour Migration to the Arab Gulf Region in the Nineteen-Eighties, Masudul AlamChoudhury; Chapter 9 9 Saudi Arabia's Industrialization Strategy: A Question of Comparative Advantage, Robert E.Looney; Chapter 10 10 One Arab State, Many Arab States: The Impact of Population Growth and Oil Revenues, Gad G.Gilbar;