Making a Living in the Ottoman Lands, 1480 to 1820

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE ANATOLIAN TOWN AND ITS PLACE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE OTTOMAN STATE (1550-1590) TOWNS, AGRICULTURE AND THE STATE IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY OITOMAN ANATOLIA THE FIELDGLASS AND THE MAGNIFYING LENS: STUDIES OF OTTOMAN CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMEN OTTOMAN GUILDS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: THE BURSA CASE BURSA AT THE CROSSROADS: IRANIAN SILK, EUROPEAN COMPETITION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY 1470-1700 LONG-TERM CHANGE AND THE OTTOMAN CONSTRUCTION SITE: A STUDY OF BUILDERS' WAGES AND IRON PRICES MERCHANT NETWORKS AND OTTOMAN CRAFT PRODUCTION THE BUSINESS OF TRADE: BURSA MERCHANTS IN THE 1480s TRADERS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS IN 1660s ISKENDERUN RED SEA TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS AS OBSERVED BY EVLIYA ÇELEBI (1671-72) AGRICULTURAL CRISIS AND THE ART OF FLUTE-PLAYING: THE WORLDLY AFFAIRS OF THE MEVLEVÎ DERVISHES (1595-1652) A GREAT FOUNDATION IN DIFFICULTIES: OR SOME EVIDENCE ON ECONOMIC CONTRACTION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE OF THE MID SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WEALTH AND POWER IN THE LAND OF OLIVES: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF MÜRIDZADE HACI MEHMED AGHA, NOTABLE OF EDREMIT BIBLIOGRAPHY