Rise of the bourgeoisie, demise of empire : Ottoman westernization and social change / Fatma Muge Gocek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Göçek, Fatma Müge, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Turkey.

Social change.

Middle class--Turkey--History.

Middle class.

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

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What are the causes of imperial decline? This work studies the Ottoman empire in the 18th and 19th centuries to argue that the Ottoman imperial decline resulted from a combination of Ottoman internal dynamics with external influences. Specifically, it contends that the split within the Ottoman social structure across ethno-religious lines interacted with the effects of war and commerce with the West to produce a bifurcated Ottoman bourgeoisie. This bourgeoisie, divided into disparate commercial and bureaucratic elements, was able to challenge the sultan but was ultimately unable to salvage the

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Class Formation and the Ottoman Empire; 1 Ottoman Structure, Social Groups, and Westernization; 2 War, Ottoman Officials, and Western Institutions: Rise of the Bureaucratic Bourgeoisie; 3 Trade, Ottoman Merchants, and Western Goods: Rise of the Commercial Bourgeoisie; 4 ""Civilization,"" Ottoman Intellectuals, and Western Ideas: Polarization Within the Bourgeoisie; Conclusion: The Emergence of a Bifurcated Ottoman Bourgeoisie; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-60256-070-6

0-19-535675-6

1-280-45159-9

OCLC:

171571648