| Description |
1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Acre (Israel) -- History -- 18th century.
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Acre (Israel) -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1917 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Philipp, Thomas, 1941- Acre. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001 0231123264 (DLC) 2001047080 (OCoLC)48176713 |
| ISBN |
0231506031 (electronic book) |
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9780231506038 (electronic book) |
| Music No. |
EB00662294 Recorded Books |
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