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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466435103321

Autore

Harel Yaron

Titolo

Syrian Jewry in transition, 1840-1880 / / Yaron Harel ; translated by Dena Ordan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-80034-024-9

1-909821-07-1

Edizione

[English edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 pages)

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

305.89240569109034

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the Hebrew.

Previously issued in print: Oxford: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2010.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.