Nomads, Migrants and Cotton in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Making of the Adana-Mersin Region 1850-1908 9004185763, 9789004185760

Meltem Toksz, Ph.D. (2001) in History, SUNY Binghamton, is Professor of Late Ottoman History at Bo?azii University, Turk

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Table of contents :
List of Tables......Page 9
List of Maps and Illustrations......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
Note on Weights, Measure and Currencies......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Introduction
......Page 19
PART I THE LANDSCAPE, THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE......Page 35
PART II CONSTRUCTION OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY......Page 101
Conclusion......Page 207
Bibliography......Page 223
Index......Page 237
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Nomads, Migrants and Cotton in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage Politics, Society and Economy

Edited by

Suraiya Faroqhi and Halil inalcik Advisory Board FIRKET ADANIR -

ANTONIS ANASTASOPOULOS -

IDRIS BOSTAN

PALMIRA BRUMMETT- AMNON COHEN- JANE HATHAWAY KLAUS KREISER- HANS GEORG MAJER- AHMET

YA~AR

ABDELJELIL TEMIMI - GILLES VEINSTEIN

VOLUME 45

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Nomads, Migrants and Cotton in the Eastern Mediterranean The Making of the Adana-Mersin Region

1850-1908

By

Meltem Toksoz

BRILL

LEIDEN • BOSTON 2010

Cover illustration: A hand-colored postcard ofMersin Douane by Torossian Brothers, early 20th century, private collection. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Toksbz, Melt em. Nomads, migrants and cotton in the eastern Mediterranean: the making of the Adana-Mersin region 1850-1908/by Meltem Toksoz. p. em. - (The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, ISSN 1380-6076; v. 45) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-18576-0 (hardback: alk. paper) l. ~

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