The Transformation of Land Tenure and Rural Social Structure in Central and Southern Iraq, c . 1870–1958
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marion Farouk-Sluglett, Marion Farouk‐Sluglett (Durham University), Peter Sluglett (Durham University) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 491-505 |
| Publication date | 1983-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800051400 |
| OpenAlex | W2046056742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper is an attempt to show how the economy and society of rural Iraq was affected by a combination of changing world economic circumstances and structural innovations in the pattern of land tenure. Iraq's gradual incorporation into the world market in the latter part of the nineteenth century was assisted by the application of the legislative and military reforms of the Tanzimat, which served generally to extend the powers of the Ottoman state over its provinces. Although the effects of the application of the new system were less direct than the Ittomans desited, it did set in motion a gradual process of detribalisation, which tended to reduce the powers of tribal shaikhs and promote the emergence of private prooerty in land
Agriculture · Archaeology · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Geography · Land tenure · Legislature · Political science · Rural area · Rural society · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Islamic Studies and History · Law
The Politics of Population Movements in Contemporary Iraq
Factors Affecting Urbanisation in Iraq
The Mandaean Community and Ottoman-British Rivalry in Late 19th-Century Iraq
Seeing Like a Khedivate
Sheikh and Pasha
The marginalization of the Ottoman Empire's state formation legacy in the Middle East
Communalism and the state in Iraq
The Arab East and the Bedouin Component in Modern History
Competing Narratives
The Conversion of Iraq's Tribes to Shiʿism
Development, Counterinsurgency, and the Destruction of the Iraqi Marshes
Remaking a Sovereign Landlord
Beginnings of Modernization in the Middle East (Centre for Middle Eastern Studies)
The Middle East in the world economy, 1800-1914
Studies in the economic history of the Middle East
The agricultural potential of the Middle East
The Middle East in the World Economy 1800-1914
Politics and Society in Early Modern Iraq
The Agricultural Potential of the Middle East
Politics and Society in Early Modern Iraq
Communism and Agrarian Reform in Iraq
The economic history of the Middle East, 1800-1914
Economic History of the Middle East to 1914
Land Problems in Turkish History
Iraq
Communism and Agrarian Reform in Iraq
Land and Poverty in the Middle East
The Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Tax Reforms and Revenue System
From Elite to Class
Land Reform and Development in the Middle East
Land Reform and Development in the Middle East
Land and Poverty in the Middle East
Rural-to-Urban Migration in Iraq
Iraq-International Relations and National Development
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |