Tocqueville in the Ottoman Empire : rival paths to the modern state / by Ariel Salzmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salzmann, Ariel.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 28.

The Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

History.

Nation-state.

Physical Description:

xiv, 240 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map (1 folded) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Summary:

By rereading Tocqueville's classic, The Old Rigime and the French Revolution, through an Ottoman prism this study probes the unresolved paradoxes in modern analyses of 18th century institutional change while documenting critical facets of an Eurasian state that remains in the shadow of modern history.

Contents:

Introduction: Tocqueville's Ghost 1

In Search of an Archive 6

The Old Regime through an Ottoman Lens 13

Vocabularies of Early Modernity 24

I. On a Map of Eurasia 31

Edges of Empire 38

From the Inside Out 52

Movements of People, Commodities, and Capital 60

Eurasia in Transition 71

II. The Sublime Porte and the Credit Nexus 75

Palace, "Porte" and Patronage 78

Hierarchies of Service 92

"Corporate Patrimonialism" and the Reproduction of Power 102

Deyn-u Devlet (Debt and State): Islamicate High Finance 110

Completing the Circle 118

III. Government in the Vernacular 122

Questions of Jurisdiction 127

At the Interstices of Rural Administration 139

Government in the Vernacular 150

Checks and Balances 163

Final Entries 172

IV. Conclusion: The Paths Not Taken 176

The Common Origins of the Modern State 179

A Federalist Alternative? 187

The Diyarbekir Commune of 1819 191

Of Democracy and the New Despotism 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-233) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9004108874

OCLC:

53375896