Format:
1 online resource (311 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004660830
Series Statement:
The Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage Series v.1
Content:
This book provides important insights for the conceptualisation of change in pre-industrial societies through a detailed study of the dynamics of the Ottoman peasant economy during the sixteenth century in the context of the specific character of the Ottoman state, of the relations of surplus extraction and of exchange that the state rules or institutions described.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- I. The Political Logic of the Ottoman Peasantry: A Conceptualization of State-Peasant Relations -- 1. The Nature of State Power in the Ottoman Empire -- 2. Conceptualizations of Peasant Transformation -- 3. A Critique of Brenner -- II. Ottoman Fiscal Surveys as a Source for Social and Economic History -- 1. Fiscal Surveys: General Features -- 2. Fiscal Surveys as Sources for Demographic History -- 3. Fiscal Surveys and Estimates of Agricultural Production -- 4. Tithe Rates and The System of Taxation -- 5. Commercial and Manufacturing Taxes -- Appendix 1. Tables -- Appendix 2. Documentation for Individual Districts and Towns -- III. Appropriation and Exchange of Agrarian Surpluses in North-Central Anatolia, 1520-1575 -- 1. The General Character of the Rules of Landed Property and Taxation -- 2. Rules of Property and Relations of Surplus Appropriation in North-Central Anatolia -- 3. Revenue Holders and the Marketing of Surplus -- Appendix 1. Tables -- Appendix 2. Distribution of Revenues among Different Groups in Individual Districts -- IV. Dynamics of Peasant Economy in North-Central Anatolia: Patterns of Population, Production and Trade -- 1. Population Growth -- 2. Commercial Development -- 3. Rural Craft Production -- 4. Summary Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Tables -- Appendix 2. Crop Patterns and the Changes in the Production of Individual Crops -- V. Development of Regional Town Markets: An Aspect of the Relations of Appropriation and Exchange of Agrarian Surpluses -- 1. Towns and Their Agricultural Hinterlands: Exchange in Agrarian Surpluses -- 2. Agricultural Activity of Townsmen -- 3. Development of Regional Towns and Provincial Administrators -- 4. Trade and Production of Craft Goods in Towns.
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Additional Edition:
9789004100282
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9789004100282
Language:
English
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