Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire. Ottoman Westernisation and Social Change.

Gocek, Fatma Muge.

  • Placeholder

Book ID: 35511

ISBN:      0195099257

£45.00

ADD TO BASKET
8vo. vi, [1], 220 pp. cloth in d/w, appendix, notes, references, index, copy in very good condition, Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, 1996.

Synopsis

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 empire. Instead, the Ottoman empire was replaced by the Turkish nation-state and others in the Balkans and the Middle East.

© 2024 Folios limited. All rights reserved.