Rediscovering Palestine
  Preface
  Abbreviations
  Note on Translation and Transliteration
  Maps

 collapse sectionIntroduction
 •Toward a History of Provincial Life in the Ottoman Interior
 •Rethinking Ottoman Palestine
 •Sources
 •Approach and Methodology
 •Notes
 collapse section1. The Meanings of Autonomy
 collapse sectionJabal Nablus as a Social Space
 •The City of Nablus
 •The Hinterland of Nablus
 collapse sectionBoundaries in Time and Space
 •The 1657 Campaign
 •The Rise of Acre
 •Egyptian Rule, 1831–1840
 •Ottoman Centralization and the Fall of Arraba
 •Conclusion
 •Notes
 collapse section2. Family, Culture, and Trade
 •Textile Merchants
 collapse sectionThe Arafat Family
 •The Making of a Family Name
 •Social Status and Marriage Patterns
 collapse sectionRegional Trade Networks
 •Egypt
 •Beirut and Damascus
 collapse sectionLocal Trade Networks
 •Space
 •Weddings
 •Keys to the City
 •Conclusion
 •Notes
 collapse section3. Cotton, Textiles, and the Politics of Trade
 collapse sectionCotton and the Politics of Monopoly
 •Cotton and the Rulers of Acre
 •Cotton Production in Jabal Nablus
 •Decline of the Cotton Connection
 collapse sectionThe Politics of Free Trade
 •Merchants, the State, and the Movement of Commodities
 •Competition and Sabotage
 collapse sectionTextiles: Resilience and Restructuring
 •The Textile Industry in Nablus
 •Invasion and Resistance
 •Conclusion
 •Notes
 collapse section4. The Political Economy of Olive Oil
 collapse sectionFrom the Hands of the Peasants
 •Salam Moneylending Contracts
 •Moneylending and Production for Overseas Markets
 •Moneylending, Taxation, and Olive-Based Villages
 collapse sectionA Forced Marriage?
 •Polarization
 •Integration
 •Commoditization of Land
 collapse sectionRedefining Identity and Political Authority
 •Islam, the Rural Middle Class, and the Subdistrict Chiefs
 •Resistance and Notions of Justice
 •Conclusion
 •Notes
 collapse section5. Soap, Class, and State
 collapse sectionSoap and the Economy
 •Expansion
 •Organization and Profits
 •Concentration and Integration
 collapse sectionSoap and Society
 •Soap-Factory Workers
 •Bedouins
 •Factory Owners
 collapse sectionSoap and the State
 •The Bidding Battle
 •The Tax Strike
 •Conclusion
 •Notes
 collapse section6. Conclusion
 •The Labyrinthine Journey
 •The Discourses of Modernity
 •Notes

 collapse sectionAppendices
 collapse section1. Weights and Measures
 •Measures of weight
 •Measures of Capacity
 •Units of Length
 •Notes
 collapse section2. Court Records, Judges, and Private Family Papers
 •Records of the Nablus Islamic Court
 •Judges of the Nablus Islamic Court
 •Private Family Papers
 •Notes
 collapse section3. Soap Factories and the Process of Production
 •Physical Layout and the Process of Production
 •Numbers and Prices of Soap Factories
 •Volume of Production
 •Notes
  Plates
  Glossary
 collapse sectionSelect Bibliography
 •Archival Sources
 •Family Papers
 •Unpublished Manuscripts
 •Published Works
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