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Infrastructured Landscapes : Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways / Elvan Cobb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cobb, Elvan, author.
- Series:
- Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage ; 83.
- Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage ; 83
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology.
- History.
- Middle East and Islamic Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Infrastructured Landscapes , Elvan Cobb reveals how the arrival of railways originating from the eastern Mediterranean port city of Izmir reshaped the very fabric of space and experience in western Anatolia during the transformative decades of the late 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. The author argues that trains were significant not only in modernizing the region but also in altering how people perceived and practiced Ottoman spaces. Foregrounding the inherently spatial nature of railways, she examines issues such as how they shifted the sensory geographies of the region, facilitated emergent practices such as tourism and archaeology, and acted as performative spaces where the Ottoman Empire's modernizing ambitions were put on display.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- 1 Introduction: a Landscape in Flux
- 1New Historical Perspectives on the Western Anatolian Railways
- 2The First Anatolian Railways
- 3Sources
- 4Organization of Chapters
- 2 Managing an Improbability
- 1Land Acquisition and Speculation
- 2Engineering Mishaps
- 3Conclusion
- 3 Western Anatolia at the Crossroads
- 1Railway Expertise, Know-How, and Strategies
- 2Materials
- 3Networks and Global Connections at the Ephesus Pass
- 4Conclusion
- 4 Cultures of Movement
- 1Camels among Tracks
- 2Travelling in Numbers: Exploring Western Anatolian Mobilities
- 5 Marble Columns, Iron Roads
- 1Archaeology in a Modernizing Ottoman Context
- 2Tourism Mobilities through Ancient Lands
- 3Thine Own Self in Difference: the Perceptions of Anatolian Lifeways
- 6 A Luminous Cacophony
- 1Soundscapes of the Railway
- 2Lights in the Night
- 7 Spectacle in Motion
- 1Turning the First Clod of Earth
- 2Laying the Cornerstone of the Terminus
- 3Royals on Track
- 4A Procession through City and Country: Sultan Abdulaziz Visits the Railway
- 5Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Sources
- Archives Consulted
- Newspapers
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9789004755987
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004755987 DOI
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