BURSA AT THE CROSSROADS: IRANIAN SILK, EUROPEAN COMPETITION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY 1470-1700

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1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. INTRODUCTION 7
4. THE ANATOLIAN TOWN AND ITS PLACE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE OTTOMAN STATE (1550-1590) 25
5. TOWNS, AGRICULTURE AND THE STATE IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY OITOMAN ANATOLIA 53
6. THE FIELDGLASS AND THE MAGNIFYING LENS: STUDIES OF OTTOMAN CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMEN 77
7. OTTOMAN GUILDS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: THE BURSA CASE 99
8. BURSA AT THE CROSSROADS: IRANIAN SILK, EUROPEAN COMPETITION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY 1470-1700 119
9. LONG-TERM CHANGE AND THE OTTOMAN CONSTRUCTION SITE: A STUDY OF BUILDERS' WAGES AND IRON PRICES 155
10. MERCHANT NETWORKS AND OTTOMAN CRAFT PRODUCTION 175
11. THE BUSINESS OF TRADE: BURSA MERCHANTS IN THE 1480s 199
12. TRADERS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS IN 1660s ISKENDERUN 223
13. RED SEA TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS AS OBSERVED BY EVLIYA ÇELEBI (1671-72) 237
14. AGRICULTURAL CRISIS AND THE ART OF FLUTE-PLAYING: THE WORLDLY AFFAIRS OF THE MEVLEVÎ DERVISHES (1595-1652) 255
15. A GREAT FOUNDATION IN DIFFICULTIES: OR SOME EVIDENCE ON ECONOMIC CONTRACTION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE OF THE MID SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 281
16. WEALTH AND POWER IN THE LAND OF OLIVES: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF MÜRIDZADE HACI MEHMED AGHA, NOTABLE OF EDREMIT 297
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 315