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Author Bragg, John

Title Ottoman Notables and Participatory Politics : Tanzimat Reform in Tokat, 1839-1876
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (304 pages)
Series SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East
SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Tokat's Tanzimat-era notables in service to the state; 2 Relations among Tokat's notables and bureaucrats; 3 The litigation tactics of notables at Tokat's şer'î court; 4 Lending in Tokat and notable social networks; 5 Patterns of investment in Tokat's land and agriculture; 6 Patterns of investment in Tokat's industry; 7 Non-Muslim leaders in Tokat; Conclusion; Appendices; Glossaries; Bibliography; Index
Summary Focussing on events in the Anatolian town of Tokat during the final two decades of the great Ottoman legal and administrative reforms known as the Tanzimat (1839-76), this book applies elements of social networking theory to analyze and assess the establishment of local governments across the Middle East. The author's key finding is that the state's efforts to centralize authority succeeded only when and where locals acted as the primary agents of change. Independent notables, such as the military a'yân, demanded wealth and state offices in exchange for meting out reform measur
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Subject Civic leaders -- Turkey -- Tokat (Tokat İli) -- History -- 19th century
Social classes -- Turkey -- Tokat (Tokat İli) -- History -- 19th century
Political participation -- Turkey -- Tokat (Tokat İli) -- History -- 19th century
Social networks -- Political aspects -- Turkey -- Tokat (Tokat İli) -- History -- 19th century
Social networks -- Economic aspects -- Turkey -- Tokat (Tokat İli) -- History -- 19th century
Social change -- Turkey -- Tokat (Tokat İli) -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Civic leaders
Employees
Political participation
Social change
Social classes
Social networks -- Economic aspects
Social networks -- Political aspects
SUBJECT Turkey -- History -- Tanzimat, 1839-1876. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89003917
Tokat (Tokat İli, Turkey) -- Officials and employees -- History -- 19th century
Subject Turkey
Turkey -- Tokat (Tokat İli)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317701446
1317701445