Coal Mines, the Palace, and Struggles Over Power, Capital, and Justice in the Late Ottoman Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8967076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Quataert (corresponding author), David Gutman (0000-0002-0792-7664) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-235 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-16 |
| 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/s0020743812000025 |
| OpenAlex | W2144619414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article is based on a case file examining the allegedly corrupt behavior of the district governor ( kaymakam ) of Ereğli, located in the Black Sea coal district of the Ottoman Empire, before the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. It paints a vivid picture of the cronyism, greed, and demands for justice that abound in the testimonies and petitions of a diverse array of local actors that were included in the case file. These documents provide the opportunity to shed light on, among other things, the growing nexus between state power and capital in the late Ottoman Empire within a little-studied peripheral context. As the article shows, prospects of control over the region's burgeoning coal economy led to abuses among officials at various levels of the local and imperial bureaucracy, the impacts of which were felt (to varying degrees) by a wide cross-section of Ereğli society. The behavior of the district governor and his allies, along with the final decision made in the case, reveals much about power, wealth, and justice in the final years of the Abdülhamit regime
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bureaucracy · Capital (architecture · Context (archaeology · Economic history · Economic Justice · Economics · Economy · Empire · Governor · Nexus (standard · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Engineering · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Ottoman and Turkish Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |