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Charles P. Issawi

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Caïro, Egypt

Died

December 08, 2000

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Charles Philip Issawi was a prominent academic economist and historian of the Middle East at Columbia University and Princeton University in the United States. Roger Owen, the A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History at Harvard, stated that Issawi, "was the father of the study of the modern economic history of the Middle East." Issawi was born in 1916 in Cairo, Egypt, to Assyrian Orthodox Christian parents, studied at Victoria College in Alexandria, and read philosophy, politics, and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford. He worked for the Egyptian government from 1937-1943. Issawi taught at the American University of Beirut from 1943-47. He joined Columbia University in 1951 and became the Ragnar Nurkse Professor of Economics. He also ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 44 ratings · 7 reviews · 18 distinct works

	An Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1982 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Economic History of the Middle East: A Book of Readings 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Economic History of Iran, 1800-1914 by Charles P. Issawi (Editor), William R. Polk (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1971	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Issawi's Laws of Social Motion really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arab World's Legacy: Essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Middle East Economy: Decline and Recovery: Selected Essays (Rutgers Series in Accounting Information Systems) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914: A Documentary Economic History it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egypt in Revolution: An Economic Analysis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Economics of Middle Eastern oil 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The total amount of evil in any system remains constant. Hence, any diminution in one direction - for instance, a reduction in poverty or unemployment - is accompanied by an increase in another, e.g., crime or air pollution. ”
― Charles Issawi

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