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Ottoman notables and participatory politics : Tanzimat reform in Tokat, 1839-1876

Title: Ottoman notables and participatory politics : Tanzimat reform in Tokat, 1839-1876 / John K. Bragg.
Author: Bragg, John K.
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

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Description

xviii, 285 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

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 measures according to local idioms of power. Newly created administrative bodies also offered greater social mobility to a growing multiconfessional middle-class in small towns like Tokat. The state was desperate to reform, but opportunistic provincials were eager to have it only on their own terms. Challenging false assumptions about the limited scope of participatory politics in the Middle East during the nineteenth century, Ottoman Notables and Participatory Politics will be of interest to students and scholars of Political Economy, History and Middle East Studies"--

Series Statement

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 22

Uniform Title

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 22.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Tokat's Tanzimat-era notables in service to the state -- Relations among Tokat's notables and bureaucrats -- The litigation tactics of notables at Tokat's ser'î court -- Lending in Tokat and notable social networks -- Patterns of investment in Tokat's land and agriculture -- Patterns of investment in Tokat's industry -- Non-Muslim leaders in Tokat -- Appendices -- Glossary.

ISBN

9780415645010
0415645018
1315780089
9781315780085
1317701445
9781317701446
9781315780085 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013041882
40023995348

OCLC

ocn862102681
862102681
SCSB-14457238

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library