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Acre: The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian City, 1730-1831
Paper, 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps
ISBN: 978-0-231-12327-3
$26.50
/ £18.50
February, 2002
Cloth, 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps
ISBN: 978-0-231-12326-6
$83.50
/ £57.50
"Philipp's book provides a testament to the dynamism of eighteenth-century societies." — International History Review
"Philipp's Acre is a solid and noteworthy piece of research and brings to the fore important and much-overlooked aspects of the history of the period and area." — History
"Both scholars and lay readers will appreciate Philipp's decision to relegate detailed information on population, trade, and administrative structure to appendices that constitute about a third of the book . . . Future researchers interested in these questions will thank their stars for Philipp's solid research on the key actors, events, and overall political context of this fascinating chapter in the history of Ottoman Palestine." — Beshara B. Doumani, Journal of Palestine Studies
"Philipp has mined his . . . sources intelligently and judicially to capture Acre's moment in history." — Philip S. Khoury, American Historical Review
"A masterly study on the causes and conditions of the rise and fall of Acre in Palestine, from the 18th to 19th centuries. Thomas Philipp demonstrates the dynamism and capacity for change in the Arab world during the Ottoman era. This book takes its place among the great studies on the Middle East and constitutes an indispensable contribution to our understanding of the modern history of Arab Palestine." — André Raymond, Professeur émérite à l'Université de Provence