8vo. xiv, [1], 262 pp., [2], 3 maps, numerous tables, original cloth in d/w, glossary, biblio, index, copy in mint condition, Volume 16 in the series The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koln, first edition, 1998.

Synopsis

This history carefully reconstructs the changing aspects of Ottoman Haifa’s society, administration and inter-communal relations, at a time when Ottoman reform policies and the encroachment of the West made the coastal towns of Palestine crossroads of culture and politics.