Syrian Jewry in Transition, 1840-1880.

Cover -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: THE SEEDS OF CHANGE -- 1. First Signs of Westernization -- PART II: INTERNAL JEWISH LIFE -- 2. The Jewish Population of Syria -- 3. The Jews in the Local Economy -- 4. Leadership and Communal Administration -- 5. Education-Traditional and Modern -- PART III: THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE JEWS -- 6. Equality before the Law -- 7. The Ra'aya and the Machinery of the Ottoman State -- PART IV: MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, JEWS -- 8. Majority-Minority Relations -- 9. Interminority Relations -- PART V: TURNING TO THE WEST -- 10. 'Ships of Fire' -- 11. 'The Princes of Israel' -- Conclusion: An Era of Transition -- Glossary -- A -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

A pioneering study of Syria's key Jewish communities, bringing to light an enormous amount of material and providing a broad, multifaceted perspective on Jewish life in Syria.

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