Consumption Studies and the History of the Ottoman Empire, 1550-1922: An Introduction

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An innovative application of consumption studies to the field of Ottoman history.

Author(s): Donald Quataert
Series: SUNY Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East)
Publisher: SUNY Press
Year: 1999

Language: English
Pages: 358
City: Albany

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Research on the History of Ottoman Consumption: A Preliminary Exploration of Sources and Models
3. Toward an Isolario of the Ottoman Inheritance Inventory, with Specia lReference to Manisa (ca. 1600-1700
4. The Age of Tulips: Confluence and Conflict in Early Modern Consumer Culture (15501730)
5. Aspects of the Ottoman Elite's Food Consumption: Looking for "Staples,""Luxuries," and "Delicacies'' in a Changing Century
6. The Transition to Mass Fashion System Dress in the Later Ottoman Empire
7. Cheap and Easy: The Creation of Consumer Culture in Late Ottoman Society
8. Personal, Public, and Political (Re)Constructions: Photographs and Consumption
9. Goods in the Mahalle: Distributional Encounters in Eighteenth Century Istanbul
Bibliography
Index