Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials - Rural Administration Around Sixteenth-Century Jerusalem

Informationen zum Autor Amy Singer is a professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. Her recent books include Charity in Islamic Societies and Starting with Food: Culinary Approaches to Ottoman History (also available from Markus Wiener). Zusammenfassung In a unique study of rural administration in the Ottoman Empire! Amy Singer explores the relationship between Palestinian peasants and Ottoman provincial officials around Jerusalem in the mid-sixteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Peasants, Palestine, and the Ottoman Empire; 2. Aspects of authority; 3. The rules of local administration; 4. Real accounts and accounting; 5. Between rebellion and oppression; 6. Realities and routines; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Singer, Amy (Tel-Aviv University) Singer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.1994
• EAN: 9780521476799
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47679-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages