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Research interests
I am a Professor at the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. I trained as an economic historian and received my Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Research interests:
- Constitutionalism and the history of the social contract in the Middle East
- Economic history of the Middle East
- Histories of consumption and enterprises during past and presesnt eras of globalization in the Middle East
- Consumer societies in Egypt and Saudi Arabia during the first oil boom (c. 1974-1984)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Harvard University
1993 → 1999
Bachelor
1987 → 1991
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Book Review: Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR by Tricia Starks
Shechter, R., 30 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Contemporary History. 59, 2, p. 414-416Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Arts/Article review
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Prosumption as Glocal History: Intertwining Production and Consumption of Cigarettes in Egypt, 1890-1939
Shechter, R., 28 Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) Tobacco in Global Perspective, 1780–1960: Trade, Knowledge, and Labour. van Wickeren, A., Stubbs, J. & Clarence-Smith, W. G. (eds.). Cham, (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies).Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Middle Class in Development: Egypt and Saudi Arabia During the Oil Boom (1973-1983) and Since
Shechter, R., 1 Jan 2024, Reconstructions in Middle East Economic History: Essays in Honor of Roger Owen. p. 130-149 20 p.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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כיצד מחוקקים עצמאות למחצה? הפרוטוקולים של חוקת 1923 במצרים בין פנים לחוץ
Translated title of the contribution :How to Legislate Semi-Independence?: Insights from the Protocols of the 1923 Egyptian Constitution Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Egyptian social contract: a history of state-middle class relations
Shechter, R., 1 Jan 2023, 1st ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 248 p.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review