Offers an original perspective on the social, political and ideological transformation of Ottoman Crete within the nationalist context of the late nineteenth century. It focuses on the Cretan revolts of 1896 and 1897, and examines the establishment of the autonomous Cretan State and the withdrawal of Ottoman troops from the island in 1898.
The book is a study of the Early Ottoman Peloponnese in the Light of an Annotated editio princeps of the Ottoman Taxation Cadastre (ca. 1460-1463). It presents the historical geography of the Peloponnese, its demography and explores its administrative and economic structures, concentrating on the Ottoman timar system and taxation.
Uncovering a history buried by different nationalist narratives (Jewish, Israeli, Arab and Palestinian) this book looks at how the late Ottoman era set the stage for the on-going Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It presents an innovative analysis of the struggle in its first years, when Palestine was still ...