{"product_id":"american-consuls-in-the-holy-kark-9780814325230","title":"American Consuls in the Holy Land: 1832-1914","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis volume provides new insights into the role of U.S. consuls in the Ottoman Middle East in the special context of the Holy Land.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides new insights into the role of U.S. consuls in the Ottoman Middle East in the special context of the Holy Land. The motivations and functioning of the American consuls in Jerusalem, and of the consular agents in Jaffa and Haifa, are analyzed as part of the US diplomatic and consular activity throughout the world, and of Western involvement in the Ottoman Empire and in Palestine during the century preceding World War I. The processes of cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, and settlement change and the contribution of the US consuls and American settlers to development of and modernization of Palestine are discussed. Based on primary archival sources such facets as the role of consuls regarding the use of extraterritorial privileges, Western religious and cultural penetration, control of land and land purchase, non-Muslim settlement, judicial systems, and technological innovations are considered from American, Ottoman, and local viewpoints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Kark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814325238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814325230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Ruth Kark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926425338111,"sku":"9780814325230","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c1bad3e8-aeb7-4e77-bfe1-495a5feedb40.jpg?v=1681083018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-consuls-in-the-holy-kark-9780814325230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}