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Lifebuoy men, lux women : commodification, consumption, and cleanliness in modern Zimbabwe
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ISBN: 0718500687 0718500679 Year: 1996 Publisher: London Leicester University Press

Eyes on tomorrow : the evolution of Procter and Gamble.
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ISBN: 0894340115 9780894340116 Year: 1981 Publisher: Chicago Ferguson Publishing

Economic life in Ottoman Jerusalem
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ISBN: 0521365511 0521524350 0511523963 9780521365512 9780511523960 9780521524353 Year: 1989 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Abstract

Jerusalem was never just another Ottoman town, but in the heyday of the Ottoman Empire it displayed many of the characteristics of a Muslim traditional society. Professor Cohen makes full use of the rich and hitherto unexplored Arabic and Turkish archives relating to this period to reconstruct a vivid and detailed picture of everyday life in this lively urban centre. His study focuses on the major guilds of sixteenth-century Jerusalem - butchers, soap-producers and dealers, millers and bakers, describing and analysing their production methods, prices and measures, and the services they provided for the local population. In addition, their economic ties with neighbouring villages, as well as their social background and inter-relations are discussed. The author shows how this detailed knowledge can lead to a better understanding of the longer-term changes in the economy of the city and of the Empire as a whole.

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