Amnon Cohen

The Guilds of Ottoman Jerusalem

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a book about the economic and social realities of a world that existed in the Middle East up to our days, seen through the Kaleidoscope of one important town - Jerusalem. The reconstruction of all the guilds that functioned during the Ottoman period draws on the untapped archives of the local court of Muslim Jerusalem (XVIth-XVIIIth centuries) - but it includes a plethora of information on the Christians and Jews of that town who actively participated in its economic life. About 50 different guilds are described: Goldsmiths and blacksmiths, tourist guides and undertakers, tailors and carpenters, soap makers and cotton weavers, beauticians and bookbinders. The modus operandi of each guild, and of the system as a whole, are analysed and presented for the first time as precursers of civil society. The book holds also 19 original documents - facsimiles plus translations - illustrating the activity of several central guilds.

Produktdetails

• Ottoman Empire and Its Heritag Nr.21
• Verlag: Brill / Brill NV
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 169mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9789004119185
• ISBN-10: 9004119183
• Artikelnr.: 22465715

Autorenporträt

Amnon Cohen, Ph.D. (1971) in Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the Eliahu Elath Professor of the History of the Muslim Peoples. Presently also: Head, the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace. He has published extensively on Ottoman Palestine and Jerusalem.