Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

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James A. Reilly

James A. Reilly teaches history in the department of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto.

MER Article

Capitalism and the Ottoman Empire

Huri Islamoglu-Inan, ed., The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, and Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1987). Şevket Pamuk, The Ottoman Empire and European Capitalism, 1820-1913: Trade, Investment and Production (Cambridge: Cambridge Uni

James A. Reilly • 4 min read

MER Article

Two Economic Histories

Charles Issawi, An Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (New York: Columbia University Press, 1982). Roger Owen, The Middle East in the World Economy, 1800-1914 (New York: Methuen, 1981).

James A. Reilly • 3 min read

MER Article

Issawi, The Arab World's Legacy

Charles Issawi, The Arab World’s Legacy: Essays (Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press, 1981). Charles Issawi is well known for his important work in the social and economic history of the Middle East, and a number of his contributions are reproduced here. One finds, among other things, discussions of me

James A. Reilly • 1 min read

MER Article

Owen, Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine

Roger Owen, ed., Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982).

James A. Reilly • 6 min read

MER Article

Israel in Lebanon, 1975-1982

Israel’s invasion of Lebanon on June 6, 1982 brings to an end the phase of Lebanese political history which opened with the 1975-1976 civil war. It is a logical outgrowth of Israel’s policies in Lebanon since 1975. The 1975-1976 war, in turn, marked a culmination of trends which had been developing

James A. Reilly • 22 min read