Modernization in the Late Ottoman Era: Periphery in the Heartlands

ISBN-13: 9780367470913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 268 str.

Fatma Melek Arıkan

Opis

This volume is a local history, focusing on experiences of people and communities as they navigated and enacted institutions and transformations associated with modernization in the late Ottoman era. Focusing on the local political arena of two neighbouring Western Anatolian towns, Yenişehir and İznik.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Yenişehir and İznik around the Middle of the 19^th Century  2. Dilemmas of Power between the Center and Provincial Societies: The 1863 Inspection Tour in Yenişehir and İznik  3. The Settlement of Immigrants and Land Disputes in Yenişehir and İznik: Legitimacy vs. the Law  4. Ideology and Economy: Hamidian Hegemony and Scramble for Rural Resources  5. Empire as Enterprise in the Province: The Reign of Edhem Paşa in Yenişehir  Concluding Remarks  Bibliography