Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab world : the roots of sectarianism / Bruce Masters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masters, Bruce Alan, 1950-

Series:

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--Arab countries--History.

Christians.

Jews--Arab countries--History.

Jews.

History.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Islam--Relations--Judaism.

Judaism.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Contents:

1 The limits of tolerance: the social status of non-Muslims in the Ottoman Arab lands 16

2 The Ottoman Arab world: a diversity of sects and peoples 41

3 Merchants and missionaries in the seventeenth century: the West intrudes 68

4 New opportunities and challenges in the "long" eighteenth century 98

5 Intercommunal dissonance in the nineteenth century 130

6 After the "events": the search for community in the twilight of empire 169

Conclusion: The changing boundaries of political community in the Ottoman Arab world 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-217) and index.

ISBN:

0521803330

OCLC:

45582677