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The Middle East on the eve of modernity : Aleppo in the eighteenth century
- Title
- The Middle East on the eve of modernity : Aleppo in the eighteenth century / Abraham Marcus.
- Author
- Marcus, Abraham, 1948-
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, ©1989.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Columbia University. Middle East Institute.
- Description
- xiv, 418 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates (some fol.) : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In this innovative historical portrait of society in the premodern Middle East, Abraham Marcus takes us on a guided tour of a past world, revealing its inner workings and throwing new light on its realities during the crucial century before the onset of modernization in the region. Focusing on the great Syrian city of Aleppo, he pieces together aspects of life ranging from business and family to disease and popular pastimes. This work of social history shows how many of the accepted notions and assumptions about what is commonly called premodern, Islamic, or traditional society are inaccurate or unfounded, and draws our attention to the intricacies of a world that may appear alien and exotic but was by no means simple, primitive, or static.
- Series Statement
- A study of the Middle East Institute
- Uniform Title
- Study of the Middle East Institute.
- Alternative Title
- Aleppo in the eighteenth century
- Subject
- 1516-1918
- City and town life > Syria > Aleppo > History > 18th century
- City and town life
- Civilization
- Sociaal-economische geschiedenis
- Geschichte 1700-1800
- Aleppo (Syria) > Civilization
- Syria > History > 1516-1918
- Middle East > History
- Middle East
- Syria
- Syria > Aleppo
- Aleppo
- Aleppo (Syria) > History > 18th century
- Alep (Syrie) > Civilisation > 18e siècle
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "A Study of the Middle East Institute."
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 389-400.
- Contents
- The place : setting and local consciousness -- The people : groups, classes and social contrasts -- Order and disorder : power, politics, and the law -- Economic welfare : the external sources of wealth -- Economic welfare : the market, family, and charity -- The mind : religion, learning, and popular culture -- The body : health, disease, and death -- The urban experience : space, services, and public spirit -- The urban experience : neighborhood life and personal privacy.
- ISBN
- 0231065949
- 9780231065948
- 0231065957
- 9780231065955
- LCCN
- 88036599
- OCLC
- ocm18988795
- 18988795
- SCSB-9628686
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library