Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Inland Syria -- the fringes of cultivation -- 2. The office-households of the province -- 3. Local participation in the administration -- 4. Provincial alliances and factions -- 5. Local politics and violence -- 6. The Fiscal Regime -- 7. The logic of injustice -- Fiscal and financial policies -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Annex 1 -- Annex 2 -- Annex 3 -- Bibliography -- Index.