Description: List of Maps, Plates, and Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transliteration INTRODUCTION: PALESTINE AND THE OTTOMAN INTERIOR Toward a History of Provincial Life in the Ottoman Interior Rethinking Ottoman Palestine Sources Approach and Methodology 1. THE MEANINGS OF AUTONOMY Jabal Nablus as a Social Space Boundaries in Time and Space Conclusion 2. FAMILY, CULTURE, AND TRADE Textile Merchants The Arafat Family Regional Trade Networks Local Trade Networks Conclusion J COTTON, TEXTILES, AND THE POLITICS OF TRADE Cotton and the Politics of Monopoly The Politics of Free Trade Textiles: Resilience and Restructuring Conclusion 4 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF OLIVE OIL From the Hands of the Peasants A Forced Marriage? Redefining Identity and Political Authority Conclusion 5. SOAP, CLASS, AND STATE Soap and the Economy Soap and Society Soap and the State Conclusion CONCLUSION The Labyrinthine Journey The Discourses of Modernity Appendix 1. Weights and Measures Appendix 2. Court Records, Judges, and Private Family Papers Appendix 3 Soap Factories and the Process of Production Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index

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