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Syrian Jewry in transition, 1840-1880
Bi-"sefinot shel esh" la-maʻarav. English
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- Creator
- Yaron Harel ; translated by Dena Ordan
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [English edition]
- Oxford ; Portland, Or. : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2010
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 301 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1909821071, 9781800340244, 1904113656, 9781909821071, 1906764565, 9781904113652, 1800340249
- OCLC
- ocn148876119, on1078559744
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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