| Rediscovering Palestine |
| Preface |
| Abbreviations |
| Note on Translation and Transliteration |
| Maps |
 | Introduction |
| • | Toward a History of Provincial Life in the Ottoman Interior |
| • | Rethinking Ottoman Palestine |
| • | Sources |
| • | Approach and Methodology |
| • | Notes |
| 1. The Meanings of Autonomy |
| Jabal Nablus as a Social Space |
| • | The City of Nablus |
| • | The Hinterland of Nablus |
| Boundaries in Time and Space |
| • | The 1657 Campaign |
| • | The Rise of Acre |
| • | Egyptian Rule, 1831–1840 |
| • | Ottoman Centralization and the Fall of Arraba |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 2. Family, Culture, and Trade |
| • | Textile Merchants |
| The Arafat Family |
| • | The Making of a Family Name |
| • | Social Status and Marriage Patterns |
| Regional Trade Networks |
| • | Egypt |
| • | Beirut and Damascus |
| Local Trade Networks |
| • | Space |
| • | Weddings |
| • | Keys to the City |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 3. Cotton, Textiles, and the Politics of Trade |
| Cotton and the Politics of Monopoly |
| • | Cotton and the Rulers of Acre |
| • | Cotton Production in Jabal Nablus |
| • | Decline of the Cotton Connection |
| The Politics of Free Trade |
| • | Merchants, the State, and the Movement of Commodities |
| • | Competition and Sabotage |
| Textiles: Resilience and Restructuring |
| • | The Textile Industry in Nablus |
| • | Invasion and Resistance |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 4. The Political Economy of Olive Oil |
| From the Hands of the Peasants |
| • | Salam Moneylending Contracts |
| • | Moneylending and Production for Overseas Markets |
| • | Moneylending, Taxation, and Olive-Based Villages |
| A Forced Marriage? |
| • | Polarization |
| • | Integration |
| • | Commoditization of Land |
| Redefining Identity and Political Authority |
| • | Islam, the Rural Middle Class, and the Subdistrict Chiefs |
| • | Resistance and Notions of Justice |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 5. Soap, Class, and State |
| Soap and the Economy |
| • | Expansion |
| • | Organization and Profits |
| • | Concentration and Integration |
| Soap and Society |
| • | Soap-Factory Workers |
| • | Bedouins |
| • | Factory Owners |
| Soap and the State |
| • | The Bidding Battle |
| • | The Tax Strike |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 6. Conclusion |
| • | The Labyrinthine Journey |
| • | The Discourses of Modernity |
| • | Notes |
| Appendices |
| 1. Weights and Measures |
| • | Measures of weight |
| • | Measures of Capacity |
| • | Units of Length |
| • | Notes |
| 2. Court Records, Judges, and Private Family Papers |
| • | Records of the Nablus Islamic Court |
| • | Judges of the Nablus Islamic Court |
| • | Private Family Papers |
| • | Notes |
| 3. 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 |
| Select Bibliography |
| • | Archival Sources |
| • | Family Papers |
| • | Unpublished Manuscripts |
| • | Published Works |
