| The Ottoman Crisis in Western Anatolia: Turkey's Belle Epoque and the Transition to a Modern Nation State Contributor(s): Erol, Emre (Author) |
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ISBN: 1784534706 ISBN-13: 9781784534707 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (0.97 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ottoman Turkey's coastal provinces in the early nineteenth century were economic powerhouses, teeming with innovation, wealth and energy a legacy of the Ottoman s outward-looking and trade-orientated diplomacy. By the middle of the century, the wide-ranging and radical process of modernisation known collectively as the Tanzimat was underway, in part a symptom of a slow decline in Ottoman financial strength. By the 1920s, the coastal cities were ghost towns. The Ottoman Crisis in Western Anatolia seeks to unpick how and why this happened. A detailed, rich and authoritative regional study, this book offers a unique and original insight into the effects of forced migration, displacement, economic re-organisation and the competing political ideologies focused on modernisation all of which are central to the study of the late Ottoman Empire. |