Amnon Cohen

The Guilds of Ottoman Jerusalem

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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, beautici… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-90-04-11918-5
EAN: 9789004119185
Produktnummer: 1381410
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 314 S.
Masse: H24.7 cm x B16.9 cm x D2.5 cm 667 g
Reihenbandnummer: 21
Gewicht: 667

Über den Autor

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.