From Empire to Empire: Jerusalem between Ottoman and British rule
Jerusalem, Jérusalem, histoire urbaine, World War I, Première Guerre mondiale, Ottoman Empire, British Empire, Empire ottoman, Empire britannique, twentieth century, vingtième siècle, ville en guerre, Jacobson Abigail
<div><b>Abstract from the publisher:</b></div> </div> The history of Jerusalem as traditionally depicted is the quintessential history of conflict and strife, of ethnic tension, and of incompatible national narratives and visions. It is also a history of dramatic changes and moments, one of the most radical ones being the replacement of the Ottoman regime with British rule in December 1917. From Empire to Empire challenges these two major dichotomies, ethnic and temporal, which shaped the history of Jerusalem and its inhabitants. It links the experiences of two ethnic communities living in Palestine, Jews and Arabs, as well as bridging two historical periods, the Ottoman and British administrations.<br /> <br /> Drawing upon a variety of sources, Jacobson demonstrates how political and social alliances are dynamic, context-dependent, and purpose-driven. She also highlights the critical role of foreign intervention, governmental and nongovernmental, in forming local political alliances and in shaping the political reality of Palestine during the crisis of World War I and the transition between regimes.<br /> <br /> From Empire to Empire offers a vital new perspective on the way World War I has been traditionally studied in the Palestinian context. It also examines the effects of war on the socioeconomic sphere of a mixed city in crisis and looks into the ways the war, as well as Ottoman policies and administrators, affected the ways people perceived the Ottoman Empire and their location within it. From Empire to Empire illuminates the complex and delicate relations between ethnic and national groups and offers a different lens through which the history of Jerusalem can be seen: it proposes not only a story of conflict but also of intercommunal contacts and cooperation.</div> </div> <b>Abigail Jacobson </b>teaches at the Interdisciplinary Centre in Herzlia, Israel.</div> </div>
Abigail Jacobson
Syracuse University Press
2011
264
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Ottoman Izmir: The rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840-1880
, ville portuaire, histoire urbaine, espace urbain, cosmopolitisme, modernisation, urbanité, Ottoman Empire, Empire ottoman, Izmir, Smyrna, Smyrne, Zandi-Sayek Sibel, nineteenth century, dix-neuvième siècle
<div><b>Abstract from the publisher:</b></div> </div> Between 1840 and 1880, the Eastern Mediterranean port of Izmir (Smyrna) underwent unprecedented change. A modern harbor that welcomed international steamships and new railway lines that transported a cornucopia of products transformed the physical city. Migrants, seasonal workers, and transient sailors thronged into an already diverse metropolis, helping to double the population to 200,000. Simultaneously, Ottoman officials and enterprising citizens vied to control and reform the city’s administrative and legal institutions.<br /> <br /> Ottoman Izmir examines how urban space, institutional structures, and everyday practices shaped one another in the thriving seaport of Izmir during a volatile period of growth. Sibel Zandi-Sayek investigates a variety of urban actors—Muslims and non-Muslims, Ottomans and Europeans, newcomers and native residents, merchants, investors, civil servants, and press reporters—who were actively engaged in restructuring the city. Concentrating on the workings of urban committees and on laws and policies that were written, rewritten, but never fully implemented, Zandi-Sayek exposes how modern interventions sought to impose clear-cut concepts of public and private, safety and danger, and hygiene on a city that previously had a wide range of customary regulations.<br /> <br /> Ottoman Izmir shows how Izmir’s various stakeholders contested its built environment. In so doing, it offers a new view of the dynamics of urban modernization.</div> </div> <b>Sibel Zandi-Sayek</b> is associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the College of William and Mary.</div> </div>
Sibel Zandi-Sayek
University of Minnesota Press
December 2011
288
Ouvrage
The city in the Ottoman Empire : Migration and the making of urban modernity
Ottoman Empire, Empire ottoman, migration urbaine, modernisation, gouvernance, nineteenth century, dix-neuvième siècle, Freitag Ulrike, Fuhrmann Malte, Lafi Nora, Riedler Florian
<div><b>Abstract from the publisher : </b></div> </div> The nexus of urban governance and human migration was a crucial feature in the modernisation of cities in the Ottoman Empire of the nineteenth century. This book connects these two concepts to examine the Ottoman city as a destination of human migration, throwing new light on the question of conviviality and cosmopolitanism from the perspective of the legal, administrative and political frameworks within which these occur.<br /> <br /> Focusing on groups of migrants with various ethnic, regional and professional backgrounds, the book juxtaposes the trajectories of these people with attempts by local administrations and the government to control their movements and settlements. By combining a perspective from below with one that focuses on government action, the authors offer broad insights into the phenomenon of migration and city life as a whole. Chapters explore how increased migration driven by new means of transport, military expulsion and economic factors were countered by the state’s attempts to control population movements, as well as the strong internal reforms in the Ottoman world.<br /> <br /> Providing a rare comparative perspective on an area often fragmented by area studies boundaries, this book will be of great interest to students of History, Middle Eastern Studies, Balkan Studies, Urban Studies and Migration Studies.</div> </div> <b>Contents : </b></div> </div> 1. Migration and the Making of Urban Modernity in the Ottoman Empire and Beyond - Ulrike Freitag, Malte Fuhrmann, Nora Lafi and Florian Riedler <br /> 2. The Ottoman Urban Governance of Migrations and the Stakes of Modernity - Nora Lafi <br /> 3. The Ottoman City Council and the Beginning of the Modernization of Urban Space in the Balkans - Tetsuya Sahara <br /> 4. Foreigners in Town: Urban Immigration and Local Attitudes in the Romanian Principalities in the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Florea Ioncioaia <br /> 5. Mobility and Governance in Early Modern Marseilles - Wolfgang Kaiser <br /> 6. Pearl Towns and Early Oil Cities: Migration and Integration in the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf - Nelida Fuccaro <br /> 7. Migration and the State: On Ottoman Regulations Concerning Migration Since the Age of Mahmud II - Christoph Herzog <br /> 8. Governance in Transition: Competing Immigrant Networks in Early Nineteenth-Century Egypt - Pascale Ghazaleh <br /> 9. Armenian Labour Migration to Istanbul and the Migration Crisis of the 1890s - Florian Riedler <br /> 10. Immigration into the Ottoman Territory: The Case of Salonica in the Late Nineteenth Century - Dilek Akyalçın-Kaya <br /> 11. Migrant Builders and Craftsmen in the Founding Phase of Modern Athens - Irene Fatsea <br /> 12. The City and the Stranger: Jeddah in the 19th Century - Ulrike Freitag <br /> 13. ‘I would rather be in the Orient’. European Lower Class Immigrants into the Ottoman Land - Malte Fuhrmann</div> </div> <b>Ulrike Freitag</b> is a historian of the modern Middle East and director of the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, in conjunction with a professorship of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.<br /> <b>Malte Fuhrmann</b> is a historian at the Orient Institute Istanbul. <br /> <b>Nora Lafi </b>is a historian of the Ottoman Empire at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin.<br /> <b>Florian Riedler</b> is a historian with a specialisation for the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey.</div> </div>
NC
Routledge
November 2010
272
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