American Consuls in the Holy Land: 1832-1914

by Ruth Kark

This volume provides new insights into the role of U.S. consuls in the Ottoman Middle East in the special context of the Holy Land. The motivations and functioning of the American consuls in Jerusalem, and of the consular agents in Jaffa and Haifa, are analyzed as part of the US diplomatic and consular activity throughout the world, and of Western involvement in the Ottoman Empire and in Palestine during the century preceding World War I. The processes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814325238
• ISBN13: 9780814325230
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"