| Description |
1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
History and society of the modern Middle East series |
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History and society of the modern Middle East series.
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| 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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Acre (Israel) -- History -- 18th century
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Acre (Israel) -- History -- 19th century
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Palestine -- History -- 1799-1917.
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Israel -- Acre
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Middle East -- Palestine
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0231506031 |
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9780231506038 |
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0231123264 |
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9780231123266 |
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0231123272 |
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9780231123273 |
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