Hamidian Palestine: Politics and Society in the District of Jerusalem 1872-1908During the era of Sultan Abd lhamid II, modern state institutions were established in Palestine, while national identities had not yet developed. "Hamidian Palestine" explores how the inhabitants of the Ottoman District of Jerusalem interacted with each other and how they organised their interests in a historical moment before Arabs and Jews emerged as the central political categories in the country. Based on a wide range of Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew sources, the book examines the social and political relations of Palestinians from a wide variety of perspectives. By situating individual case studies within larger contexts such as modernisation, regionalisation and state-building, it allows Palestinian society to be compared with other local societies within the Ottoman Empire and beyond. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part I Imperial Politics | 39 |
Chapter One The Making of a Province | 41 |
PART II Everyday Politics | 101 |
Regionalisation through Everyday Practices | 103 |
Chapter Three The Highlands | 106 |
Chapter Four The Coastal Plains | 211 |
Part III Elite Politics | 307 |
Part IV Widening the Scope of Politics | 433 |
Chapter Eight The Infrastructure of the Public Sphere | 435 |
Chapter Nine Palestine as a Social Space | 476 |
Chapter Ten Repercussions of EmpireWide Developments and the Politicisation of Everyday Concerns | 484 |
Chapter Eleven Government and Opposition in the Public Sphere | 496 |
Conclusion | 510 |
Appendices | 517 |
Glossary | 565 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abdülhamid II Abū According Aḥmad al-'Amla al-Husayni al-Jawhariyya al-Khālidī al-Quds Arab Barghuthi Bayt Bedouin Beirut century Chelouche Christian cited from Carmel conscription Council Damascus Dayr Ghassāna District of Jerusalem documents economic Efendi Egypt Egyptian Ekrem Bey elite families European Filastīn Gaza Gerber German Consulate governor Greek Orthodox groups Hamidian period Hebron households Husayni Ibid immigrants inhabitants Islamic Istanbul Jaffa Jawhariyya Jeru Jewish Jews Jirjis Kark kaymakam kaza kuruş land late Ottoman Palestine Marāḥil meclis-i Mehmed Tevfik memoirs military mufti Muḥammad muhtar municipal Muslim Nabi Nablus neighbourhood newspaper Neyyal non-Muslim notables officials Ottoman administrators Ottoman census Ottoman Empire Ottoman government Ottoman Rule Ottoman Turkish Palästina-Chronik Palestinian Paşa peasants pilgrimage political population province region religious reported revenue rural Schölch Shaykh social Source Subdistrict Tanzimat Tārīkh tax farming tion trans-regional tribal Turkish urban village waqf Warte Yosef Eliyahu Yusuf