The Ottoman Middle East

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24613-3
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Französisch, Band 55, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage

This collection of articles discusses various political, social, cultural and economic aspects of the Ottoman Middle East. By using various textual and visual documents, produced in the Ottoman Empire, the collection offers new insights into the matrix of life during the long period of Ottoman rule. The different parts of the volume explore the main topics studied by Amnon Cohen: Ottoman Palestine, Egypt and the Fertile Crescent under Ottoman rule, Ottoman Jews and their relations with the surrounding societies and various social aspects of Ottoman societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ginio, Eyal

Podeh, Elie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Eyal Ginio is Senior Lecturer and the former Chair of the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2009-2012). He completed his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University in Middle East studies (1999) and post-Doctorate at Oxford University in the UK (1999-2000). His recent publications relate to the social and cultural history of Ottoman society during the Balkan Wars (1912-13).

Elie Podeh teaches in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as the Chair of the Department (2004-2009). His main fields of interest are: inter-Arab relations; Arab-Israeli Conflict, Egypt and culture in the Arab world. His latest book, The Politics of National Celebrations in the Arab World, was published by Cambridge University Press (2011).