American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832-1914Wayne State University Press, 1994 - 388 Seiten This volume provides new insights into the role of U.S. consuls in the Ottoman Middle East in the special context of the Holy Land. This 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. |
Inhalt
Preface | 13 |
Introduction | 19 |
Palestine in the Last Century of Ottoman Rule | 38 |
Chapter Two America and the Ottoman Empire | 68 |
Chapter Three The United States Consulate and Consular Agencies | 93 |
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Chapter Four United States Consuls in Jerusalem | 154 |
Chapter Five Work of the Consulate and Consular Agencies | 197 |
Chapter Six Legal and Economic Aid and Consular Reporting | 243 |
GermanAmerican Templer colony near Haifa | 269 |
Advertisement for American oil imported to Palestine | 292 |
Conclusions | 294 |
Appendices | 307 |
154 | 329 |
Lists of Staff | 335 |
Glossary | 350 |
Adamss American colony which later became the German | 218 |
Letterhead of the American Club at Jaffa | 231 |
Camp of the Lynch expedition near a ruined bridge | 242 |
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