Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change

by fatma müge göçek

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What are the causes of imperial decline? This work studies the Ottoman empire in the 18th and 19th centuries to argue that the Ottoman imperial decline resulted from a combination of Ottoman internal dynamics with external influences. Specifically, it contends that the split within the Ottoman social structure across ethno-religious lines interacted with the effects of war and commerce with the West to produce a bifurcated Ottoman bourgeoisie. This bourgeoisie, divided into disparate show more commercial and bureaucratic elements, was able to challenge the sultan but was ultimately unable to salvage the show less

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Fatma Muge Gocek teaches in the Department of Sociology and the Women's Studies Program at the University of Michigan Sukru Hanioglu teaches in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University James L. Gelvin teaches in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles Miriam Cooke teaches in the Department of show more Asian and African Languages and Literature at Duke University Julie M. Peteet teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Louisville Suad Joseph teaches in the Department of Anthropology at University of California, Santa Barbara Shiva Balaghi teaches in the Program in Near Eastern Studies at New York University Walter Armbrust teaches in the Center for Arab Studies at Georgetown University Mandana E. Limbert is a postdoctoral fellow at the Program in Near Eastern Studies at New York University show less

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Nonfiction, History, Sociology, General Nonfiction
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306.09561Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial Behavior - Dating, Marriage, DivorceSocial historyAsiaMiddle East
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HN656.5 .A8 .G63Social sciencesSocial history and conditions. Social problems. Social reformSocial history and conditions. Social problems.By region or country
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