Nomads, migrants and cotton in the eastern Mediterranean : the making of the Adana-Mersin region 1850-1908 / by Meltem Toksöz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toksöz, Meltem.

Series:

Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 1380-6076 v. 45.

The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, 1380-6076 ; v. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cotton growing.

History.

Cotton trade.

Migration, Internal.

Internal migrants.

Nomads.

Çukur Plain (Turkey)--History--19th century.

Çukur Plain (Turkey).

Çukur Plain (Turkey)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Nomads--Turkey--Çukur Plain--History--19th century.

Internal migrants--Turkey--Çukur Plain--History--19th century.

Migration, Internal--Turkey--Çukur Plain--History--19th century.

Cotton trade--Turkey--Çukur Plain--History--19th century.

Cotton growing--Turkey--Çukur Plain--History--19th century.

Turkey--Çukur Plain.

Physical Description:

xviii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Summary:

This book discusses the transformation of southeast Anatolia during the 10

Contents:

Part I The Landscape, the People and the State

Chapter 1 Spatial and Temporal Dynamics: Nomads and Settlers 19

The Landscape and the People: An Historical Geography 21

From Nomadic Life to Sedentarization: 18th and 19th Centuries 29

Chapter 2 The State: Political and Legal Dynamics from the Egyptians to the Ottoman Reforms 41

Egyptian Penetration and New Beginnings, 1832-1840 41

Ibrahim Pasha in Cukurova 42

Laborers, Irrigation, Crops: New Measures 46

Administering Balance: Urban and Rural Cukurova 49

Achilles' Heel: What Egyptians Did Not Do 51

The Aftermath of Egyptian Rule 53

Ottoman Involvement: New Frameworks, 1839-1880 55

Tanzimat and Provincial Reform in Cukurova 57

Provincial Networks: The Later Additions 59

Local Government: Cukurova Configured and Configuring Cukurova 61

Forced Settlement 65

Settlement of Immigrants in the 1870s 73

Part II Construction of the Regional Economy

Chapter 3 Migration and Family Networks: Enterprising a Port-City 85

Spatial Beginnings: The Port and the Town 88

Surrounding Mersin: Roads, the Railroad and Caravans 94

Migrants and Merchants: The Human Network 106

Chapter 4 A New Region: Landholders and Industrialists 135

Producing Cotton: Setbacks and Prospects 138

Extension of Cultivation: Cotton, "everybody's concern" 138

Registering Land and Importing Machinery: Wealth in Cukurova from the 1870s to the 1890s 160

Mechanization 168

Estate Formation: The Ceyhan Sub-region 176

Industrial Production 182.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004185760

9004185763

OCLC:

642299806