What are the causes of imperial decline? This work studies the Ottoman empire in the 18th and 19th centuries to argue that the Ottoman imperial decline resulted from a combination of Ottoman internal dynamics with external influences. Specifically, it contends that the split within the Ottoman social structure across ethno-religious lines interacted with the effects of war and commerce with the West to produce a bifurcated Ottoman bourgeoisie. This bourgeoisie, divided into disparate commercial and bureaucratic elements, was able to challenge the sultan but was ultimately unable to salvage the empire. Instead, the Ottoman empire was replaced by the Turkish nation-state and others in the Balkans and the Middle East. This work will appeal to students of sociology and Ottoman studies.
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"[A] stimulating study....Her ideas concerning what Ottoman inheritance documents reveal about society are novel, as are her definitions of the bourgeoisies in late Ottoman history. The book should interest not only students of Ottoman studies but also all those concerned with the problem of Westernization in the Third World, particularly sociologists."--Choice
"[A] valuable contribution to the neglected field of Ottoman social history"--American Historical Review
"...The book offers numerous innovative ideas about Ottoman history. "--Journal of Social History
"...a stimulating, thought-provoking work"--The Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"...an important contribution to the study of class formation and social change. The book is concise yet rich in detail, well researched, and grounded in historical evidence from both primary and secondary sources."--American Journal of Sociology
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Fatma M�ge G��ek is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, and author of East Encounter's West: France and the Ottoman Empire in the 18th Century (Oxford, 1987).
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Very good background for those interested in Orientalism and Eastern studies. It is detailed on Western influences on the Ottoman Empire that are very well written and documented. A number one product concerning Turkish studies.
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In 1866, the Ottoman statesman Cevdet Pasha and the French ambassador Moustier had a long discussion on the nature of the Ottoman empire during a voyage from France to Constantinople. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inheritance registers, social change analyses, trade capitulations, provincial households, minority merchants, grand vezir, bureaucratic bourgeoisie, provincial notables, expense register, bourgeois class formation, palace household, commercial bourgeoisie, religious dignitaries, ethnic segmentation, religious endowments, minority officials, state bourgeoisie Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman Muslim, Ottoman Greek, Ottoman Armenian, Asia Minor, Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Westernization, Ahmed Izzet, Ahmed Lütfi, Black Sea, Eastern Anatolia, Ottoman Jewish, Abdülaziz Agha, Ali Kemal, Hasan Amca, Kaymak Mustafa Pasha, Mehmed Rauf, Middle East, North Africa, Western Europe, Zeyd the Jew New!
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In 1866, the Ottoman statesman Cevdet Pasha and the French ambassador Moustier had a long discussion on the nature of the Ottoman empire during a voyage from France to Constantinople. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inheritance registers, social change analyses, trade capitulations, provincial households, minority merchants, grand vezir, bureaucratic bourgeoisie, provincial notables, expense register, bourgeois class formation, palace household, commercial bourgeoisie, religious dignitaries, ethnic segmentation, religious endowments, minority officials, state bourgeoisie Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman Muslim, Ottoman Greek, Ottoman Armenian, Asia Minor, Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Westernization, Ahmed Izzet, Ahmed Lütfi, Black Sea, Eastern Anatolia, Ottoman Jewish, Abdülaziz Agha, Ali Kemal, Hasan Amca, Kaymak Mustafa Pasha, Mehmed Rauf, Middle East, North Africa, Western Europe, Zeyd the Jew New!
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- The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (European History in Perspective) by Colin Imber in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East (School of Oriental & African S) by M. A. Cook in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others (Dover Thrift Editions) by Robert Blaisdell in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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