The Ottoman East in the nineteenth century : societies, identities and politics / edited by Yasar Tolga Cora, Dzovinar Derderian and Ali Sipahi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cora, Yaşar Tolga, editor.

Derderian, Dzovinar, editor.

Sipahi, Ali, editor.

Series:

Library of Ottoman studies.

Library of Ottoman Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armenia--History--19th century.

Armenia.

Kurdistan--History--19th century.

Kurdistan.

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

Turkey.

Turkey, Eastern--History--19th century.

Turkey, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

"The Ottoman East what is also called Western Armenia, Northern Kurdistan or Eastern Anatolia compared to other peripheries of the Ottoman Empire, has received very little attention in Ottoman historiography. So-called taboo subjects such as the fate of Ottoman Armenians and the Kurdish Question during the latter years of the Ottoman Empire have contributed to this dearth of analysis. By integrating the Armenian and Kurdish elements into the study of the Ottoman Empire, this book seeks to emphasise the interaction of different ethno-religious groups. As an area where Ottoman centralization faced unsurpassable challenges, the Ottoman East offers an ideal opportunity to examine an alternative social and political model for imperial governance and the means by which provincial rule interacted with the Ottoman centre. Discussing vital issues across this geographical area, such as trade routes, regional economic trends, migration patterns and the molding of local and national identities, this book offers a unique and fresh approach to the history and politics of modernization and empire in the wider region."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: Ottoman Historiography's Black Hole. Yaşar Tolga Cora, Dzovinar Derderian and Ali Sipahi

PART I: Trans-regional Connectivity: Borders, Immigrants and Cosmopolitanism

Chapter 1: The Role of the Trabzon-Erzurum-Bayezid Road in Regional Politics and Ottoman Diplomacy, 1850s-1910s. Fulya Özkan

Chapter 2: The Political Economy of Armenian Migration from the Harput Region to North America in the Hamidian Era, 1885-1908. David Gutman

Chapter 3: A Provisional Republic in the Southwest Caucasus: Discourses of Self-Determination on the Ottoman-Caucasian Frontier, 1918-19. Alexander E. Balistreri

PART II: Fluid Loyalties and Identities

Chapter 4: Shaping Subjectivities and Contesting Power through the Image of 'Kurds', 1860s. Dzovinar Derderian

Chapter 5: Native Pastors or Missionaries? Tondrakians or Protestants? Conflicts between Different Group Identities in Khnus in the mid-19th Century. Yaşar Tolga Cora

Chapter 6: 'Devil Worshippers' Encounter the State: 'Heterodox' Identities, State Building and the Politics of Imperial Integration in the Late Ottoman Empire. Edip Gölbaşı

PART III: How Local is Politics, How Central is the State?

Chapter 7: Periphery's Center: Reform, Intermediation and Local Notables in Diyarbakir, 1845-55. Uğur Bahadır Bayraktar

Chapter 8: Complete Ruin of a District: The Sassoun Massacre of 1894. Mehmet Polatel

Chapter 9: Ottoman Armenians in the Second Constitutional Period: Expectations and Reservations. Ohannes Kılıçdağı

PART IV: Social History of Space: Land, Culture, People

Chapter 10: Abandoned Villages in Diyabekir Province at the End of the Little Ice Age, 1800-50. Zozan Pehlivan

Chapter 11: Suburbanization and Urban Duality in the Harput Area. Ali Sipahi

Chapter 12: The Case of the Armenian Mirakyan Tribe of Dersim: Migration, Land Grabbing and Dissolution. Cihangir Gündoğdu.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350989054

1350989053

9781786720344

1786720345

OCLC:

962752990