Foreign investment in the Ottoman Empire : international trade and relations 1854-1914 / V. Necla Geyikdaği.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geyikdağı, V. Necla, author.

Series:

Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 27.

Library of Ottoman studies ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Turkey--History--19th century.

Investments, Foreign.

Turkey--Economic conditions--19th century.

Turkey.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Relations between the United States and the Middle East are going through a period of significant change in which the use of force in pursuit of national interests has proved to be increasingly counter-productive. A new policy direction has been adopted which seeks to promote economic integration, development and cooperation. The recent proliferation of US-Middle East free trade agreements is a corner-stone of this new foreign policy approach. Imad El-Anis here offers an analysis of how free trade and economic integration can impact US-Middle East relations by using the Jordan-US relationship as an example. This book is essential reading for those wishing to understand the new direction of US foreign economic policy towards the Middle East and the accompanying reforms taking shape in the Arab world."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

1. THE PRE-NINETEENTH CENTURY OTTOMAN ECONOMY

Economic Mentality

Economic Disintegration

Why the Ottoman Economy Could Not Industrialize

Industrialization Efforts in the Nineteenth Century

Foreign Influence on Ottoman Economic Thought

The 1838 Anglo-Ottoman Trade Convention

The Impact of Trade Agreements on Trade and Industry

2. FOREIGN CAPITAL: BORROWING

First Attempts at Borrowing

The Persistence of the Financial Crisis and Foreign Loans

The Road to Bankruptcy

The Ottoman Public Debt Administration

The Distribution of Foreign Debt by Countries

3. FOREIGN CAPITAL: DIRECT INVESTMENTS

Motives for Foreign Direct Investments

Capital Exporting Countries

4. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BY SECTORS

Railways

Banks and Insurance Companies

Ports and Docks

Urban Services

Mining

Industry and Trade

5. FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICY AND POLITICAL RISK

The Ottoman Attitude towards Foreign Capital

Political Risk

6. CONCLUDING REMARKS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780755692910

0755692918

9780857719430

0857719432

OCLC:

742333538