The nexus of urban governance and human migration was a crucial feature in the modernisation of cities in the Ottoman Empire of the nineteenth century. This book connects these two concepts to examine the Ottoman city as a destination of human migration, throwing new light on the question of conviviality and cosmopolitanism from the perspective of the legal, administrative and political frameworks within which these occur.
Focusing on groups of migrants with various ethnic, regional and professional backgrounds, the book juxtaposes the trajectories of these people with...
The nexus of urban governance and human migration was a crucial feature in the modernisation of cities in the Ottoman Empire of the nineteenth cent...
This book, based on the study of original archives, discusses the roots and specificities of urban governance in the Ottoman Empire and proposes innovative interpretations of the ambiguous impact of this old regime municipal system with modernity. Cet ouvrage, fondé sur la consultation d’archives originales, propose une étude des racines et de la spécificité de la gouvernance municipale d’ancien régime dans l’empire ottoman et analyse l’impact ambigu de ce système avec la modernité.
This book, based on the study of original archives, discusses the roots and specificities of urban governance in the Ottoman Empire and proposes innov...
