The Ottoman Quagmire
Malaria, Swamps, and Settlement in the Late Ottoman Mediterranean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Gratien (0009-0009-9165-0458, Virginia Tech, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 583-604 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743817000605 |
| OpenAlex | W2766697843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 75 |
During the late Ottoman period, a large influx of migrants and the expansion of cultivation created opportunities for new settlements in the countryside of Anatolia, Greater Syria, and Iraq. However, settlement often brought misery to newcomers in the form of malaria, especially when it occurred in the lowlands of the Mediterranean. This article traces the contours of the encounter with malaria that arose out of settlement, offering an overview of how Ottoman state and society confronted the conundrum of the swamp and examining the impact of this confrontation on local political economies. It demonstrates that swamps and malaria were a significant concern for late Ottoman state and society, and that policies adopted to address malaria sometimes facilitated the creation of large estates in the countryside of the Mediterranean littoral
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Human settlement · Malaria · Mediterranean climate · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · State (computer science · Swamp · Ecology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Ottoman and Turkish Studies
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |