Modernization and Commercialization in the Tanzimat Period
1838-1875
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6093640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zafer Toprak (Bogaziçi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Pages | 57-70 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Perspectives on Turkey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-6346 • E-ISSN: 1305-3299 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/s0896634600000492 |
| OpenAlex | W2494510665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The aim of the present study is to reconsider and reconstruct the economic history of the “decaying” Ottoman Empire during the Tanzimat period. Scores of scholars have already interpreted the decay in terms of imperial expansion. The decay paradigm is part of empire histories. Therefore, it is strongly imprinted with political discourse.Below, I will argue that the Ottoman case would be better understood if viewed within the context of a more dynamic process of change versus inertia rather than decay, and that such an approach to Ottoman economic and social history would be less tainted with political concerns.The ultra-nationalist approach to Ottoman economic history, has always blamed the 1838 Anglo-Ottoman Commercial Treaty for the “under-development” or “dependency” of the late Ottoman Empire. This scenario with a xenophobic hint and backed by Marxist as well as nationalist historiographies, finds the main scapegoat of modern Ottoman-Turkish economic history in the 1838 Treaty
Ancient history · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Economic history · Empire · Modernization theory · Nationalism · Ottoman empire · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Turkish · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |