The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule
Longman (Verlag)
978-0-582-41899-8 (ISBN)
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This book is written for students of Middle Eastern and Ottoman history, as well as scholars and general readers looking for historical background on the Arab world. It presents a knowledgeable, unbiasedand insightful guide to the diversity and complexity of society in the Arab lands during the centuries between the regions incorporation into the Ottoman Empire and the wrenching socio-political changes of the 19th century.
Lucidly written, the book introduces the diverse groups who made up Ottoman Arab society government officials, merchants and shopkeepers, peasants, religious scholars, women, ethnic and religious minorities. It shows how their fortunes changed during these pivotal centuries and demonstrates how Ottoman rule transformed the regions political, economic, intellectual and religious life.
Professor of history at Ohio State University, Jane Hathaway has written and researched extensively on Egypt and Yemen under Ottoman rule and on the Ottoman Chief Harem Eunuch. Previous titles include: The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt: The Rise of the Qazdaðlýs (1997) and Beshir Agha, Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Imperial Harem (2006).
Acknowledgements
Note on transliteration and dates
List of figures
List of maps
Introduction: Rewriting Arab history, 1516-1800
Lands and peoples
The Ottoman conquest of the Arab lands
The organization of the Ottoman provincial administration
Crisis and change in the seventeenth century
Provincial notables in the eighteenth century
Religious and intellectual life
Urban life and trade
Rural life
Marginal groups and minority populations
Ideological and political changes in the late eighteenth century
Transformations under Ottoman rule
Bibliographical essay
Ottoman sultans to 1839
Political chronology
Glossary
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.1.2008 |
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Reihe/Serie | A History of the Near East |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 240 x 156 mm |
Gewicht | 522 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
ISBN-10 | 0-582-41899-2 / 0582418992 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-582-41899-8 / 9780582418998 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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