Mosul before Iraq: like bees making five-sided cells/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany, NY:
State University of New York Press,
c2000
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| Series: | SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Mosul and Its Officials. The Ottomans and Mosul. Mosul's Government. Institutions of Government. Tanzimat: Centralization. Struggles for Power. Tanzimat: Taxation. Tanzimat: Non-Muslim Communities. Christians versus Christians. Challenge in the Mountains. Riots in the City. The Revolution of 1908
- 2. People of the City. Homes. Food and Water. Working Life. Textiles. Making Ends Meet. Foreign Trade, Local Government, and Conflict. Reform and Reaction
- 3. Merchants. 1838: The Commercial Convention. Circles of Trade: Rafts and Donkeys. Circles of Trade: Mules. Circles of Trade: Camels. Circles of Trade: Steamships. Justice. Credit. Tolls, Taxes, and Monopolies. The Challenge of Counting. Foreign Trade, Regional Trade
- 4. Peasants and the City. Planting and Harvesting. Taxes. Credit. Land Ownership. Enforcement and Effects of the Land Reform Laws. Labour and Increasing Exports. Food, Scarcity, and Power
- 5. Nomads. Interdependence. Nomads, Sheep, and Wool. Government and the Politics of the Nomads.