Author : Peter Sluglett
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0815631944
The Urban Social History of the Middle East, 1750-1950 by Peter Sluglett Pdf
The great cities of the Middle East and North Africa have long attracted the attention and interest of historians. With the discovery and wider use over the last few decades of Islamic court records and Ottoman administrative documents, our knowledge of Middle Eastern cities between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries has vastly expanded. Drawing upon a treasure trove of documents and using a variety of methodologies, the contributors succeed in providing a significant overview of the ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied, as well as an excellent introduction to current literature in the field.