Ottoman Reform and Muslim Regeneration

by Itzchak Weismann

The late Ottoman period was one of enormous change. This book focuses on the evolution of Ottoman reform as it was perceived, and negotiated, from the perspectives of the capital Istanbul and of the Arab provinces of Syria, including Palestine. It also examines the close interrelationship between the symbolic and actual measures introduced by the state, particularly since the Tanzimat era (1839-76), and the role of Islam as its foundational ethos...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850437572
• ISBN13: 9781850437574
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"