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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Gocek, Fatma Muge. Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire : Ottoman Westernization and Social Change. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©1996 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Fatma Muge Gocek |
ISBN: | 9780195356755 0195356756 |
OCLC Number: | 1002698354 |
Description: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
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 |
Abstract:
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.
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