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Acre : The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian City, 1730-1831 /
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 Alep...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[2002]
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| Colección: | History and Society of the Modern Middle East
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- 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:Th e 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