State and Peasant in the Ottoman Empire: Agrarian Power Relations and Regional Economic Development in Ottoman Anatolia During the Sixteenth Century
Leiden, New York, Koln: E. J. Brill, 1994.
Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". xvii, 293pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. A hint of shelfwear to dust jacket. Bound in teal cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in dark blue. Mild wear to binding, with gentle bumping to head of spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
State and Peasant in the Ottoman Empire studies the dynamics of Ottoman peasant economy in the sixteenth century. First, it shows that contrary to the conventional wisdom about the 'stationariness'of the Asian agrarian economies, Ottoman peasant economy witnessed substantial growth in response to population increase, urban commercial expansion and to increased taxation demands. Second, the book argues that economic development did not take place independently of political structures, of the state. This meant that in the light of the fiscal and legitimation concerns of the Ottoman state and contrary to the assumptions of the models of economic development, changes in population and in commercial demand did not result in the disruption of the integrity of the small peasant holding as the primary unit of production. The book develops these arguments in the context of a detailed empirical study of the economic trends, of the state rules or institutions that embodied the relations of revenue extraction, and of exchange in Ottoman Anatolia. Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume: 1. (Publisher). Very good + / very good +. Item #17536
ISBN: 9004100288
Price: $85.00