Nomads, migrants and cotton in the eastern Mediterranean : the making of the Adana-Mersin region 1850-1908 /

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Author / Creator:	Toksöz, Meltem.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 224 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, 1380-6076 ; v. 45 Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 45.
Subject:	Nomads -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century. Internal migrants -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century. Migration, Internal -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century. Cotton trade -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century. Cotton growing -- Turkey -- Çukur Plain -- History -- 19th century. Cotton growing. Cotton trade. Economic history. Internal migrants. Migration, Internal. Nomads. Çukur Plain (Turkey) -- History -- 19th century. Çukur Plain (Turkey) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. Turkey -- Çukur Plain. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246851

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ISBN:	9789004191051 9004191054 1283039389 9781283039383 9789004185760 9004185763 9786613039385 6613039381
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Toksöz, Meltem. Nomads, migrants and cotton in the eastern Mediterranean. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004185760
Standard no.:	10.1163/ej.9789004185760.i-224.

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