An Empty Land? Nomads and Property Administration in Hamidian Syria
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Nora Elizabeth Barakat
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Doumani, Beshara; Vernon, James
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California, Berkeley
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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170
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: McLennan, Rebecca M.; Tugal, Cihan Z.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-01340-4
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
History
Body granting the degree
University of California, Berkeley
Text preceding or following the note
2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation explores the development of modern property administration and governance in the Ottoman Empire from the perspective of pastoral nomads. Utilizing both central state archival material and district court and land registers, the study combines analysis of governance, administration and the development of modern private property regimes with a social history of pastoral nomadic groups during the Hamidian period (1876-1909). The research employs a case study of the district of Salt in the southern half of the Ottoman province of Syria (contemporary Jordan) to advance three main arguments.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cultural anthropology; Middle Eastern history; Sociology
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Bedouin;Governance;Nomad;Ottoman;Property;Syria