An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914

The Ottoman Empire was one of the major empires of modern times, covering an area extending from the borderlands of Hungary to the North African coastal areas. This book provides a richly detailed account of its social and economic history, from its origins around 1300 to the eve of its destruction during World War I. In four chronological sections, each by a leading authority, developments in population, trade, transport, manufacturing, land tenure and the economy are charted and analysed; an appendix examines Ottoman monetary history over the entire period. The breadth of its range and the fullness of its coverage make this an essential book for understanding contemporary developments in both the Middle East and the post-Soviet Balkan world.

ISBN 0521343151   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780521343152 (What's this?)   Pages 1066 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Volumes 2 Hardbacks Imprint Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 1637 Format Hardback   Published in Cambridge Publication date 24 Nov 1994   Height (mm) 236 Non-book description 2 volumes   Width (mm) 159 Library of Congress HC492 .E295 1994   Spine width (mm) 64 DEWEY 956.1015   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education

		List of Maps
		List of Figures
		List of Tables
		Genealogy of the Ottoman dynasty
		Chronology of Ottoman history, 1260-1914
		Preface
		Abbreviations
		General introduction by Halil Inalcik and Donald Quataert		1
Pt. I		The Ottoman State: Economy and Society, 1300-1600 by Halil Inalcik		9
Pt. II		Crisis and Change, 1590-1699 by Suraiya Faroqhi		411
Pt. III		The Age of the Ayans, 1699-1812 by Bruce McGowan		637
Pt. IV		The Age of Reforms, 1812-1914 by Donald Quataert		759
		Appendix: Money in the Ottoman Empire, 1326-1914 by Sevket Pamuk		947
		Bibliography		951
		List of weights and measures		987
		Glossary		995
		Index		1003

"Enhanced by the latest archival research and a useful appendix on monetary history and profusely illustrated with maps, charts, and chronologies, this volume is the most comprehensive and concise overview of the empire's socioeconomic history in any language...With Halil Inalcik's masterful panorama of the imperial economy at its height, spanning the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the Indian Ocean, no scholar who seeks to comprehend the origins of today's world--from Austria to Algeria and from Yemen to Ukraine--can still plead ignorance of its Ottoman past." Journal of Modern History "Hardly an aspect of this highly researched work will be free of controversy. Therein lies its strength. A 'must' for graduate students of Ottoman and world history, it is likely to generate much new scholarship..." The Historian "...a valuable and useful compendium of information, analysis, and bibliographies." Canadian Journal of History "This monumental work will long command serious study by all who seek to understand its vast subject. Not only a synthesis, this volume also presents important new analyses of important topics...this work will long serve specialists and non-specialists alike in their efforts to learn more about Ottoman economic history." Turkish Studies Association Bulletin "For years to come, this volume will be the standard reference work on the economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire...This work will require both stamina and determination from the reader, but its rewards are not to be found elsewhere." Choice "...the authors establish Ottoman social and economic history as a cohesive subject over six centuries and several continents." Middle-East Quarterly "This monumental volume, edited and compiled by the doyen of Ottoman history, Halil Inalcik, presents a richly detailed account of the Ottoman social and economic world from new archival materials and the most recent studies. In four sections, each by an authority, developments in population, trade, transport, and manufacturing, land tenure, and the economy are analyzed...Certain to become the standard reference work, this book is strongly recommended for Ottoman historians, libraries, and advanced undergraduates." Robert Lembright, History "This great encyclopedia of a book contains a summary of the life-time scholarship of four of the most distinguished historians of the Ottoman Empire...the book's stated task is to provide an overview of the economic and social history of the territories governed by a world empire that expanded, changed, and contracted during four centuries...the authors provide a great deal of new information, as well as a summary of much of their own earlier work." Journal of Interdisciplinary History "This volume is bound to become a fixture on university library shelves and is essential for any historian working on, or interested in, the Ottoman Empire. Ten years in the making and quite ambitious in scope, it strives to cover the social and economic history of the Ottoman Empire over six centuries. That it does so successfully for the most part, is to the credit of the authors of its individual sections." Journal of Middle East Studies "...this volume is a monumental achievement, richly deserving of the central place it will occupy in the literature...there is much that is new here, particularly in its incorporation of recent primary data from a remarkable variety of sources...It is virtually a primary source in itself...the study is of enormous value." Madeline C. Zilfi, American Historical Review

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