Nomads, migrants and cotton in the eastern Mediterranean : the making of the Adana-Mersin region 1850-1908 / by Meltem Toksöz.
This book discusses the transformation of southeast Anatolia during the 19th century. The analysis, which revolves around cotton production in the Adana Plain, enriches our knowledge of how people from different backgrounds came together to build a new social milieu in the late Ottoman period. Throu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Series: | Ottoman Empire and its heritage ;
v. 45. |
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| Summary: | This book discusses the transformation of southeast Anatolia during the 19th century. The analysis, which revolves around cotton production in the Adana Plain, enriches our knowledge of how people from different backgrounds came together to build a new social milieu in the late Ottoman period. Through the analysis of the dynamics between the multi-layered processes of sedentarization, Egypt's experience with cotton cultivation, the extension of the cultivated area via large scale landholding patterns, and the establishment of the brand new port-city of Mersin, this book shows how former nomads. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 224 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004191051 9004191054 1283039389 9781283039383 9786613039385 6613039381 |
| ISSN: | 1380-6076 ; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |