PURCHASE
book Series: 
Palestinian Cities
Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900
Author: 
Beshara B. Doumani
Contributors:
Translated by
:
Husni Zaynah
Publisher: 
Institute for Palestine Studies
Publication Year: 
2002
Language: 
Arabic
Number of Pages: 
454
Keywords: 
خرائط عن فلسطين
الدولة العثمانية
مدينة نابلس
ريف نابلس
عكا
الحكم المصري لفلسطين
عرابة
التاريخ الاجتماعي الفلسطيني
صور عن فلسطين
Abstract

This book draws a new and vibrant picture of Palestinian society during the Ottoman period, based on local and indigenous sources, such as private papers and religious court records as well as on the testimony of merchants, peasants, and Ottoman officials. It is a major and groundbreaking work of Palestinian historiography.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Beshara B. Doumani is a graduate of Georgetown University, Washington, DC,  he was a lecturer at Bir Zeit University on the West Bank and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently an associate professor in the History Department in the University of California, Berkeley.