1st Edition
Modernization in the Late Ottoman Era "Periphery" in the Heartlands
By Fatma Melek Arıkan
Copyright 2021
290 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
290 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
290 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume is a local history, focusing on the 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 a relatively small, predominantly rural and ordinary
setting, this book examines two neighboring Western Anatolian towns:
Yenişehir and... Read more
Introduction
1. Yenişehir and İznik around the Middle of the 19th 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
Biography
Fatma Melek Arıkan obtained her Ph.D. in History from Sabancı University
in 2018. Her research interests are local history, political and historical anthropology,
state formation and the 19th_century Ottoman Empire.
