Rediscovering Palestine

Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900

AvBeshara Doumani

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Del i serien University of California Press

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Beskrivning

Drawing on previously unused primary sources, this book paints an intimate and vivid portrait of Palestinian society on the eve of modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants, and Ottoman officials, Beshara Doumani offers a major revision of standard interpretations of Ottoman history by investigating the ways in which urban-rural dynamics in a provincial setting appropriated and gave meaning to the larger forces of Ottoman rule and European economic expansion. He traces the relationship between culture, politics, and economic change by looking at how merchant families constructed trade networks and cultivated political power, and by showing how peasants defined their identity and formulated their notions of justice and political authority. Original and accessible, this study challenges nationalist constructions of history and provides a context for understanding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It is also the first comprehensive work on the Nablus region, Palestine's trade, manufacturing, and agricultural heartland, and a bastion of local autonomy. Doumani rediscovers Palestine by writing the inhabitants of this ancient land into history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-10-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:340
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520203709

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Beshara Doumani is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Maps, Plates, and TablesPrefaceList of AbbreviationsNote on Translation and TransliterationINTRODUCTION: PALESTINE AND THE OTTOMAN INTERIOR Toward a History of Provincial Life in the Ottoman Interior Rethinking Ottoman Palestine Sources Approach and Methodology 1. THE MEANINGS OF AUTONOMYJabal Nablus as a Social Space Boundaries in Time and Space Conclusion 2. FAMILY, CULTURE, AND TRADETextile Merchants The Arafat Family Regional Trade Networks Local Trade Networks Conclusion J· COTTON, TEXTILES, AND THE POLITICS OF TRADECotton and the Politics of Monopoly The Politics of Free Trade Textiles: Resilience and Restructuring Conclusion 4· THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF OLIVE OILFrom the Hands of the Peasants A Forced Marriage? Redefining Identity and Political Authority Conclusion 5. SOAP, CLASS, AND STATESoap and the Economy Soap and Society Soap and the State Conclusion CONCLUSION The Labyrinthine Journey The Discourses of Modernity Appendix 1. Weights and Measures Appendix 2. Court Records, Judges, and PrivateFamily Papers Appendix 3· Soap Factories and the Process of Production Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index