The Middle East on the Eve of Modernity: Aleppo in the Eighteenth Century (Study of the Middle East Institute Ser) - Softcover
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In this innovative historical portrait of society in the premodern Middle East, Abraham Marcus takes us on a guided tour of a past world, revealing its inner workings and throwing new light on its realities during the crucial century before the onset of modernization in the region. Focusing on the great Syrian city of Aleppo, he pieces together aspects of life ranging from business and family to disease and popular pastimes. This work of social history shows how many of the accepted notions and assumptions about what is commonly called premodern, Islamic, or traditional society are inaccurate or unfounded, and draws our attention to the intricacies of a world that may appear alien and exotic but was by no means simple, primitive, or static.
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"In this much-admired history of society in the premodern Middle East, originally published (cloth) in 1989, Marcus throws new light on the great Syrian city of Aleppo during the crucial century before the onset of regional modernization" -- "Book News"
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- PublisherColumbia University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0231065957
- ISBN 13 9780231065955
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages418
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