Title Nomads, migrants and cotton in the eastern Mediterranean : the making of the Adana-Mersin region 1850-1908 / by Meltem Toksöz

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 224 pages) : illustrations Series The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, 1380-6076 ; v. 45 Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 45. 1380-6076 Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Weights, Measure and Currencies -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Between Local and Global: A Story of Ottoman Modernization? -- Reform in Provincial History: Toward a New Context -- Ottoman 199;ukurova: Beyond the Province of Adana or the Cilician Territory -- Part I The Landscape, The People And The State -- Chapter One Spatial and Temporal Dynamics: Nomads and Settlers -- The Landscape and the People: An Historical Geography -- From Nomadic Life to Sedentarization: 18Th and 19Th Centuries -- Chapter Two The State: Political and Legal Dynamics From the Egyptians to the Ottoman Reforms -- Egyptian Penetration and New Beginnings, 18328211;1840 -- Ottoman Involvement: New Frameworks, 18398211;1880 -- Tanzimat and Provincial Reform in 199;ukurova -- Part II Construction Of The Regional Economy -- Chapter Three Migration and Family Networks: Enterprising a Port-City -- Spatial Beginnings: The Port and the Town -- Migrants and Merchants: The Human Network -- Chapter Four A New Region: Landholders and Industrialists -- Producing Cotton: Setbacks and Prospects -- Industrial Production -- Conclusion -- By Way of An Epilogue: World War I and After -- Bibliography -- Index Summary This book discusses the transformation of southeast Anatolia during the 19th century. The analysis, which revolves around cotton production in the Adana Plain, enriches our knowledge of how people from different backgrounds came together to build a new social milieu in the late Ottoman period. Through the analysis of the dynamics between the multi-layered processes of sedentarization, Egypt's experience with cotton cultivation, the extension of the cultivated area via large scale landholding patterns, and the establishment of the brand new port-city of Mersin, this book shows how former nomads Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Nomads -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century Internal migrants -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century Migration, Internal -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century Cotton trade -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century Cotton growing -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- General. Cotton growing Cotton trade Economic history Internal migrants Migration, Internal Nomads SUBJECT Çukur Plain (Turkey) -- History -- 19th century Çukur Plain (Turkey) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Subject Turkey -- Çukur Plain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789004191051 9004191054 1283039389 9781283039383 9786613039385 6613039381

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