Hamidian Palestine : politics and society in the district of Jerusalem 1872-1908 /

During the era of Sultan Abdülhamid II, modern state institutions were established in Palestine, while national identities had not yet developed. Based on Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew sources, the book analyses this historical moment from a wide variety of perspectives

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bussow, Johann, Büssow, Johann
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
Series:Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 46
Ottoman Empire and its heritage v. 46
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Text Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Months of the Islamic Hijri Calendar, in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic; Note on Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Imperial Politics; Chapter One The Making of a Province; PART II Everyday Politics; Chapter Two Making Spaces: Regionalisation through Everyday Practices; Chapter Three The Highlands; Chapter Four The Coastal Plains; Part III Elite Politics; Chapter Five Central and Local Elites: A Conceptual Framework; Chapter Six Local Elites; Chapter Seven Central Elites
  • Part IV Widening the Scope of PoliticsChapter Eight The Infrastructure of the Public Sphere; Chapter Nine Palestine as a Social Space; Chapter Ten Repercussions of Empire-Wide Developments and the Politicisation of Everyday Concerns; Chapter Eleven Government and Opposition in the Public Sphere; Conclusion; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index