Studies on Palestine During the Ottoman Period

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The first comprehensive book on Palestine during the Ottoman-Turkish period, this volume includes forty studies of major topics in the field. The studies are mostly based on the latest original research, from a variety of disciplines and approaches - history, geography, political and social sciences, as well as international relations.Among the subjects discussed in the book are aspects of Ottoman imperial policies, local Muslim politics, European activities and the question of the Christian Holy Places' the Jewish communities and the advent of the rival Zionist and Palestinian national movement. Contents Foreword List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Geography and Population 1. The Pattern of Settlement in Palestine in the Sixteenth Century: Geographical Research on Turkish Defter-i Mufassal 2. The Political Role of the Bedouins in Palestine in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 3. History of the Druze Settlements in Palestine During the Ottoman Period 4. The Population of the Large Towns in Palestine During the First Eighty Years of the Nineteenth Century According to Western Sources 5. Changes in the Urban Geography of Hebron During the Nineteenth Century 6. The Geography and Natural Resources of Palestine as Seen by British Writers in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Part Two: The Jewish Communities 7. The Image of Eretz-Israel in the View of Jews Arriving There in the Late Middle Ages 8. Turkish Documents Concerning the Jews of Safed in the Sixteenth Century 9. Some Demographic Peculiarities of the Jews of Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century 10. Changes in the Position of the Jewish Communities of Palestine and Syria in Mid-Nineteenth Century 11. Jewish Schools Under Foreign Flags in Ottoman Palestine 12. The Agronomic Development of the Old Colonies in Palestine, 1882-1914 13. Documents on the Attitude of the Ottoman Government Towards the Jewish Settlement in Palestine After the Revolution of the Young Turks, 1908-1909 14. The Organization of the Jewish Population of Palestine and the Development of its Political Consciousness Before World War I Part Three: The Central Government and Political Change During the Last Century of Ottoman Rule 15. Changes in the Recruitment Patterns and Career-Lines of Ottoman Provincial Administrators During the Nineteenth Century 16. Local Leadership and Early Reforms in Palestine,1800- 1834 17. The Administration of Syria and Palestine Under Egyptian Rule (1831-1840) 18. The Closing Phase of Ottoman Rule in Jerusalem 19. Sultan ‘Abdülhamid and the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem 20. The Political Awakening of the Palestinian Arabs and Their Leadership Towards the End of the Ottoman Period Part Four: Foreign Activities 21. The Question of the Holy Places in Ottoman Times 22. “The Resurrection of Our Eastern Brethren" (Ignatev) Russia and Orthodox Arab Nationalism in Jerusalem 23. Britain and Ottoman Palestine: An Impressionistic Retrospect 24. A British Project for the Construction of a Railway between Jaffa and Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century 25. German Interests and the Jewish Community in Nineteenth Century Palestine 26. The German Settlers in Palestine and their Relations with the Local Arab Population and the Jewish Community, 1868-1918 27. Italian Economic Penetration in Palestine (1908-1919) Part Five: The Impact of Western Culture and Technology on Traditional Society in the Nineteenth Century 28. The Influence of Western Technology on the Economy of Palestine During the Nineteenth Century 29. The Impact of Economic Change on Traditional Society in Nineteenth Century Palestine 30. The Educational Impact of Western Culture on Traditional Society in Nineteenth Century Palestine 31. The Impact of Western Ideas on Traditional Society in Ottoman Palestine Part Six: Archival Sources for the History of Ottoman Palestine 32. The Jerusalem Shari'a Court Records: A Supplement and Complement to the Central Ottoman Archives 33. The Sijill of the Jaffa and Nazareth Shari'a Courts as a Source for the Political and Social History of Ottoman Palestine 34. The Israel State Archives as a Source for the History of Palestine During the Period of Ottoman Rule 35. Material in the Central Zionist Archives Concerning the History of Palestine During thb Ottoman Period 36. The Archives of Tel Aviv-Jaffa as a Source for the Final Years of Ottoman Empire in Palestine 37. The Archives of the Council of the Sephardi Community in Jerusalem as a Source for the History of thb Jewish Community in Palestine Under Ottoman Rule 38. The Correspondence (1725-1740) of the Armenian Patriarch Gregory the Chain-Bearer 39. Documentary Material in Austrian and German Archives Relating to Palestine During the Period of Ottoman Rule 40. Some Notes on the Marseilles Archives As A Source for the History of Palestine