GERBER HAIM

(H/B) STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
This book has three main themes: the socio-economic history of Turkish society in the 17th-18th centuries; the outcome of the Tanzimat (Reforms) in the province of Jerusalem, as an example of the whole phenomenon; and the historical origins of Turkish and Arab identities leading to the modern phenomenon of nationalism. Many of the studies are based on archival research, and the documents give a new picture of the issues involved. Thus, women were much more involved in the public arena and in economic life of the city that formerly thought;...
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(H/B) ISLAMIC LAW & CULTURE 1600-1840