TY - BOOK ID - 25418246 TI - Economic life in Ottoman Jerusalem PY - 1989 SN - 0521365511 0521524350 0511523963 9780521365512 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History of Asia KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Jerusalem KW - Meat industry and trade KW - Soap trade KW - Bread industry KW - -Meat industry and trade KW - -Soap trade KW - -Cleaning compounds industry KW - Meat consumption KW - Packing industry KW - Baked products industry KW - -Jerusalem KW - -Meat consumption KW - Cleaning compounds industry KW - Food industry and trade KW - History KW - Ierusalim KW - Yerushalayim KW - Jeruzalem KW - Quds KW - Ūrushalīm KW - Kuds KW - Kouds KW - Erusaghēm KW - Bayt al-Maqdis KW - Jeruzsálem KW - Jerusalem (Israel) KW - Jerusalem (Palestine) KW - ʻIriyat Yerushalayim KW - Ierousalēm KW - Gerusalemme KW - Baladīyat al-Quds KW - Baladīyat al-Quds al-ʻArabīyah KW - Jerusalem Arab Municipality KW - Qods (Jerusalem) KW - ירושלים KW - القدس KW - al-Quds KW - قدس KW - Economic conditions. KW - History. KW - Иерусалим KW - Jerusalén KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Meat industry and trade - Jerusalem - History - 16th century. KW - Soap trade - Jerusalem - History - 16th century. KW - Bread industry - Jerusalem - History - 16th century. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25418246 AB - Jerusalem was never just another Ottoman town, but in the heyday of the Ottoman Empire it displayed many of the characteristics of a Muslim traditional society. Professor Cohen makes full use of the rich and hitherto unexplored Arabic and Turkish archives relating to this period to reconstruct a vivid and detailed picture of everyday life in this lively urban centre. His study focuses on the major guilds of sixteenth-century Jerusalem - butchers, soap-producers and dealers, millers and bakers, describing and analysing their production methods, prices and measures, and the services they provided for the local population. In addition, their economic ties with neighbouring villages, as well as their social background and inter-relations are discussed. The author shows how this detailed knowledge can lead to a better understanding of the longer-term changes in the economy of the city and of the Empire as a whole. ER -