Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization

Janet Abu-Lughod (1928—)

Janet Abu-Lughod (née Lippman) completed her BA and MA degrees at the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, US. Trained as a sociologist, she taught at Smith College, American University of Cairo, Northwestern University, and the New School for Social Research. She has published over 100 articles and 13 books dealing with urban sociology, the history and dynamics of the world system, and Middle Eastern cities, including an urban history of Cairo that is still considered one of the classic works on that city, Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious.

Her contribution to the study of globalization is primarily through her work on the history of globalization ...