Palestinian Peasants And Ottoman Officials
Singer Amy
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publisher Place: Cambridge. Uk
Publisher Year: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Description: 201 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: In a unique study of rural administration in the Ottoman empire, Amy Singer explores the relationship between Palestinian peasants and Ottoman officials in mid-sixteenth-century Jerusalem. Using court records, the author describes the mechanisms of tax collection and other aspects of local administration. The book emphasizes the interactive nature of Ottoman officialdom, which, while obliged to extract revenues from the peasants and impress them with its imperial authority, was profoundly influenced by local conditions and traditional practices.
ISBN: 9780521476799
(122572)
