CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

     Introduction

1.  Southwest Syria in the Eighteenth Century: Highways, Sea Lanes, and Populations

2.  The Politics of Acre

3.  Trade: Local Rulers and the World Economy

4.  Government: The Military and Administration

5.  Society and Its Structure in Acre

     Concluding Observations

APPENDIX A. The Population of Acre

APPENDIX B. Trade: Tables and Figures

APPENDIX C. Administrative Positions and Their Occupants

APPENDIX D. Maps

NOTES

TRANSLATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX