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Author Philipp, Thomas, 1941-

Title Acre : the rise and fall of a Palestinian city, 1730-1831 / Thomas Philipp
Published New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series History and society of the modern Middle East series
History and society of the modern Middle East series.
Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. SOUTHWEST SYRIA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: HIGHWAYS, SEA LANES, AND POPULATIONS; 2. THE POLITICS OF ACRE; 3. TRADE: LOCAL RULERS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY; 4. GOVERNMENT: THE MILITARY AND ADMINISTRATION; 5. SOCIETY AND ITS STRUCTURE IN ACRE; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; Appendix A: THE POPULATION OF ACRE; Appendix B: TRADE: TABLES AND FIGURES; Appendix C: ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS; Appendix D: MAPS; NOTES; TRANSLATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary Thomas Philipp's study of Acre combines the most extensive use to date of local Arabic sources with commercial records in Europe to shed light on a region and power center many identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. The third largest city in eighteenth-century Syria?after Aleppo and Damascus?Acre was the capital of a politically and economically unique region on the Mediterranean coast that included what is today northern Israel and southern Lebanon. In the eighteenth century, Acre grew dramatically from a small fishing village to a fortified city of some 25,000 inhabita
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index
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Subject HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
SUBJECT Acre (Israel) -- History -- 18th century
Acre (Israel) -- History -- 19th century
Palestine -- History -- 1799-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097171
Subject Israel -- Acre
Middle East -- Palestine
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0231506031
9780231506038
0231123264
9780231123266
0231123272
9780231123273