Ottoman Haifa: A History of Four Centuries under Turkish Rule

by Alex Carmel

Under Ottoman rule, the city of Haifa, located at the southern point of the largest bay on the coast of what today is Israel, was transformed from a scarcely-inhabited fortress town to a major modern city. This book details the history of Haifa under the Ottomans during the period 1516-1918. Alex Carmel uses a variety of original sources to uncover the realities of life in Haifa under Ottoman rule and paints a vivid picture of the development of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848855605
• ISBN13: 9781848855601
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"