Empire of Difference: The Ottomans in Comparative Perspective

Karen Barkey

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511790645

This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity that assesses Ottoman successes as well as failures against those of other empires with similar characteristics. Barkey examines the Ottoman Empire's social organization and mechanisms of rule at key moments of its history, emergence, imperial institutionalization, remodeling, and transition to nation-state, revealing how the empire managed these moments, adapted, and averted crises and what changes made it transform dramatically. The flexible techniques by which the Ottomans maintained their legitimacy, the cooperation of their diverse elites both at the center and in the provinces, as well as their control over economic and human resources were responsible for the longevity of this particular 'negotiated empire'. Her analysis illuminates topics that include imperial governance, imperial institutions, imperial diversity and multiculturalism, the manner in which dissent is handled and/or internalized, and the nature of state society negotiations.

'… a book that is notable for influencing the present trend in Ottoman studies through its aims at reconsidering the roots of the Ottoman state-building process … exhibits a new step in [Barkey's] research on the very nature of the Ottoman Empire …'

Nora Lafi Source: Comparativ

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xiv

Transliterations
pp xv-xvi

PART I - AN IMPERIAL MODEL
pp 1-2

1 - Introduction
pp 3-27

2 - Emergence: Brokerage across Networks
pp 28-66

3 - Becoming an Empire: Imperial Institutions and Control
pp 67-108

4 - Maintaining Empire: An Expression of Tolerance
pp 109-153

5 - The Social Organization of Dissent
pp 154-192

PART II - THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
pp 193-196

6 - An Eventful Eighteenth Century: Empowering the Political
pp 197-225

7 - A Networking Society: Commercialization, Tax Farming, and Social Relations
pp 226-263

8 - On the Road out of Empire: Ottomans Struggle from Empire to Nation-State
pp 264-296

Bibliography
pp 297-322

Index
pp 323-342

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