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Janet abulughod, professor emerita at the new school for social research and northwestern university and winner of the 1999 robert and helen lynd award for lifetime achievement in the urban sociology, died in new york on december 14, 20, at the age of 85. Janet abu lughod holds graduate degrees from the university of chicago and university of massachusetts and has been studying and writing about cities for more than half a century. Professor of sociology, new school for social research, new york city. In this portrait of world trade before the age of european hegemony, janet abu lughod examines global commercial connections among a large number of cities between the years 1250 and 50. Publication date 1989 topics economic history, international trade, cities and towns, medieval publisher new york.
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