It takes the average reader 6 hours and 37 minutes to read Crafts and Craftsmen of the Middle East by Suraiya Faroqhi
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Crafts and Craftsmen of the Middle East presents research on craft workers within and outside the guild structure from the modern and contemporary Mediterranean world. From the late sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire to traditional style crafts in twentieth-century Turkey and Egypt, the book surveys a multitude of traditions. It begins in 1582 when Istanbul artisans paraded in front of Sultan Murad III; moves through to the eighteenth-century struggles between artisans and tax farmers in Tokat, the artisans of Cairo and the craftsmen of Adana; and into nineteenth-century accounts of Istanbul's women workers and Jewish butchers. This book is essential to all those interested in the history of the culture and society of the Islamic Mediterranean.
Crafts and Craftsmen of the Middle East by Suraiya Faroqhi is 393 pages long, and a total of 99,429 words.
This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 3 minutes to read Crafts and Craftsmen of the Middle East aloud.
Crafts and Craftsmen of the Middle East is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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