The Guilds -- Food and drink -- Butchers -- Slaughterers -- Bread supply -- Extractors of sesame oil -- Sweetmeat producers -- Coffee sellers -- Municipal services -- Water carriers -- Bathhouse janitors -- Scavengers -- Washers of the dead -- Undertakers and diggers -- Tourist guides -- Beauticians -- Physicians -- Veterinarians -- Leather goods -- Tanners -- Shoemakers -- Cobblers -- Makers of waterskins -- Metal works -- Gold and silversmiths -- Blacksmiths -- Sword makers and knifesmiths -- Coppersmiths and tin-platers -- Textile production -- Cotton merchants -- Weavers -- Dyers -- Tinters and bleachers -- Cloth printers -- Cloak weavers -- Tailors -- Silk merchants -- Goat-hair weavers -- House and household -- Carpenters -- Potters -- Builders -- Trade -- Grocers -- Greengrocers -- Spice dealers -- Soap merchants -- Soap porters -- Muleteers -- Bookbinders and booksellers -- Public criers and brokers -- Conclusion--Guilds as Harbingers of Civil Society
Summary
This reconstruction of the guilds that functioned in Jerusalem during the Ottoman period draws on the archives of the local court of Muslim Jerusalem, but also includes information on the Jewish and Christan communities. About 50 different guilds are described
Analysis
Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index
