Ottoman Notables and Participatory Politics: Tanzimat Reform in Tokat, 1839-1876

ISBN-13: 9780415645010 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 286 str.

John Bragg

Opis

Focusing on events in the Anatolian town of Tokat during the final two decades of the great Ottoman legal and administrative reforms known as the Tanzimat (1839-76), this book applies elements of social networking theory to analyze and assess the establishment of local governments across the Middle East. The author's key finding is that the state's efforts to centralize authority succeeded only when and where locals acted as the primary agents of change."

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Tokat's Tanzimat-era Notables in Service to the State 2 Relations Among Tokat's Notables 3 The Litigation Tactics of Notables at Tokat's şer’î court 4 Lending in Tokat and Notable Social Networks 5 Patterns of Investment in Tokat's Land and Agriculture 6 Patterns of Investment in Tokat's Industry 7 Non-Muslim Leaders in Tokat Conclusion

O autorze

Dr. John K. Bragg is an assistant professor of History and Education at New Jersey City University. His research interests include political economy, handicraft industry, provincial studies, folklore, and Islamic family law. He has published a peer-reviewed chapter on Fuzuli’s Leyla and Majnun and has delivered conference papers on the nineteenth-century resettlement of Circassian refugees in Anatolia and non-Muslim legal tactics before the şer‘î courts.