Title Partners of the empire : the crisis of the Ottoman order in the Age of Revolutions / Ali Yaycioglu

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages) Contents Empire : order, crisis, and reform (1700-1806) -- The notables : governance, power, and wealth -- Communities : collective action, leadership, and politics -- Crisis : riots, conspiracies, and revolutions (1806-1808) -- Settlement : the Deed of Alliance and the empire of trust (1808) Summary 'Partners of the Empire' offers a radical rethinking of the Ottoman Empire in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Over this unstable period, the Ottoman Empire faced political crises, institutional shakeups, and popular insurrections. It responded through various reform options and settlements. New institutional configurations emerged; constitutional texts were codified-and annulled. The empire became a political theater where different actors struggled, collaborated, and competed on conflicting agendas and opposing interests. This work takes a holistic look at the era, interested not simply in central reforms or in regional developments, but in their interactions. Drawing on original archival sources, Ali Yaycioglu uncovers the patterns of political action--the making and unmaking of coalitions, forms of building and losing power, and expressions of public opinion. Countering common assumptions, he shows that the Ottoman transformation in the Age of Revolutions was not a linear transition from the old order to the new, from decentralized state to centralized, from Eastern to Western institutions, or from pre-modern to modern. Rather, it was a condensed period of transformation that counted many crossing paths, as well as dead-ends, all of which offered a rich repertoire of governing possibilities to be followed, reinterpreted, or ultimately forgotten."--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Political participation -- Turkey -- History -- 18th century Political participation -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century Political culture -- Turkey -- History -- 18th century Political culture -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. HISTORY -- Middle East -- Turkey & Ottoman Empire. Political culture Political participation Politics and government Politischer Wandel Politische Krise Politische Kultur Politische Ordnung Politische Reform SUBJECT Turkey -- Politics and government -- 18th century Turkey -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138843 Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138802 Turkey -- History -- Selim III, 1789-1807. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138820 Subject Turkey Osmanisches Reich Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780804798389 0804798389

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