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" Acre : "
Thomas Philipp.
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BL
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1006405
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b760775
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Philipp, Thomas,1941-
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Acre : : the rise and fall of a Palestinian city, 1730-1831 /\ Thomas Philipp.
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, ©2001.
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| Series Statement
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History and society of the modern Middle East series
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1 online resource (299 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0231123264
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: 0231123272
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: 0231506031
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: 9780231123266
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: 9780231123273
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: 9780231506038
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
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| Contents
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. SOUTHWEST SYRIA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: HIGHWAYS, SEA LANES, AND POPULATIONS; 2. THE POLITICS OF ACRE; 3. TRADE: LOCAL RULERS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY; 4. GOVERNMENT: THE MILITARY AND ADMINISTRATION; 5. SOCIETY AND ITS STRUCTURE IN ACRE; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; Appendix A: THE POPULATION OF ACRE; Appendix B: TRADE: TABLES AND FIGURES; Appendix C: ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS; Appendix D: MAPS; NOTES; TRANSLATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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Thomas Philipp's study of Acre combines the most extensive use to date of local Arabic sources with commercial records in Europe to shed light on a region and power center many identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. The third largest city in eighteenth-century Syria?after Aleppo and Damascus?Acre was the capital of a politically and economically unique region on the Mediterranean coast that included what is today northern Israel and southern Lebanon. In the eighteenth century, Acre grew dramatically from a small fishing village to a fortified city of some 25,000 inhabita.
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HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.
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HISTORY.
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Acre (Israel), History, 18th century.
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Acre (Israel), History, 19th century.
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Palestine, History, 1799-1917.
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Israel, Acre.
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Middle East, Palestine.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.94/5
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DS110.A3T44 2001eb
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