Artisans Of Empire (crafts And Craftspeople Under The Ottomans)

By (author) Suraiya Faroqhi; By (author) Faroqhi Suraiya
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The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry - including metalworkers, ceramicists, silk weavers, fez-makers, blacksmiths and even barbers - lay at the social as well as the economic heart of the Ottoman empire. This title sheds light on various aspects of artisan life under the Ottomans.
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The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry - including metalworkers, ceramicists, silk weavers, fez-makers, blacksmiths and even barbers - lay at the social as well as the economic heart of the Ottoman empire. This comprehensive history, by leading Ottoman historian Suraiya Faroqhi, presents the definitive view of the subject, from the production and distribution of different craft objects to their use and enjoyment within the community. Faroqhi sheds new light on all aspects of artisan life, setting the concerns of individual craftsmen within the context of the broader cultural themes that connect them to the wider world. Combining social, cultural, economic, religious and historical insights, this will be the authoritative work on Ottoman artisans and guilds for many years to come.
Table of contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction Before the 1670s Before and after 1500: how artisan organization may have emerged in the Ottoman lands. 3. Services to the state. 4. Guildsmen of Istanbul and Cairo. 5. Provincial craftspeople and merchant networks. From the 1670s to the 1850s 6. Changes in Istanbul guilds. 7. Cairo: from military penetration of artisan guilds to the state monopolies of Mehmed Ali Pa?a. 8. The political role of craftsmen. 9. Provincial craftsmen: how guildsmen adapted to new circumstances. After 1850 10. From 1850 to 1914: a different state, a different economy and the disappearance of the guilds. 11. Conclusion. A note on transliteration
Review quote:
"''A display of unrivalled knowledge of the sources by one of the leading historians of the Ottoman Empire.'' (Erik J. Zurcher, Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Leiden) ''A real pleasure...the main line of the argument is entirely convincing. Artisans of Emipre is learned and informative, written with evident mastery of lots of empirical material.'' (Marcel van der Linden, Research Director of the International Institute of Social History, University of Amsterdam)"
Biographical note:
Suraiya Faroqhi is Professor of History at Bilgi University, Istanbul, and the author of The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It, Pilgrims and Sultans and Subjects of the Sultan (all published by I.B. Tauris).
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The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry - including metalworkers, ceramicists, silk weavers, fez-makers, blacksmiths and even barbers - lay at the social as well as the economic heart of the Ottoman empire. This title sheds light on various aspects of artisan life under the Ottomans.