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UNINA9910466435103321 |
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Autore |
Harel Yaron |
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Titolo |
Syrian Jewry in transition, 1840-1880 / / Yaron Harel ; translated by Dena Ordan [[electronic resource]] |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2021 |
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1-80034-024-9 |
1-909821-07-1 |
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Edizione |
[English edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 pages) |
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Collana |
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Liverpool scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - Syria - History - 19th century |
Jews - Syria - Social conditions - 19th century |
Jews - Legal status, laws, etc - Syria - History - 19th century |
Jews - Cultural assimilation - Syria - History - 19th century |
Syria Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translated from the Hebrew. |
Previously issued in print: Oxford: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2010. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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First signs of westernization -- The Jewish population of Syria -- The Jews in the local economy -- Leadership and communal administration -- Education, traditional and modern -- Equality before the law -- The Ra'aya and the machinery of the Ottoman state -- Majority-minority relations -- Interminority relations -- 'Ships of fire' -- 'The Princes of Israel' -- Conclusion: An era of transition. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This pioneering study offers a comprehensive account of Syria's key Jewish communities at an important juncture in their history that also throws light on the broader effects of modernization in the Ottoman empire. |
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