Ottoman Reform at Work
Class, Migration, and Coercion in the Imperial Arsenal
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-67407-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
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Offering a working-class perspective on Ottoman modernity, this study focuses on a naval worksite to explore how reform processes were entangled with global capitalism. Drawing on an in-depth exploration of archival sources, Akın Sefer traces the complicated relations between workers and the Ottoman state throughout the long nineteenth century.
During the nineteenth century, Ottoman sultans and bureaucrats engaged in a series of reforms that dramatically transformed the Ottoman state and society. But what did these reforms mean for the working classes in the Empire? In this study, Akın Sefer focuses on a single naval worksite, The Imperial Arsenal on the Golden Horn in Istanbul, to explore how reform processes were entangled with global capitalism. The Arsenal was a nexus where the global transformations of capitalism and Ottoman reform policies converged with the traditional and modern processes of labor coercion and migration. Drawing on an in-depth exploration of archival sources, Sefer traces the complicated relations between the working classes and the Ottoman state within this worksite and the neighbourhoods around it in Istanbul. Engaging with a wide array of scholarship in Ottoman and global history, this study brings new perspectives and questions on Ottoman modernity, highlighting the agency of working classes in both Ottoman and global history.
During the nineteenth century, Ottoman sultans and bureaucrats engaged in a series of reforms that dramatically transformed the Ottoman state and society. But what did these reforms mean for the working classes in the Empire? In this study, Akın Sefer focuses on a single naval worksite, The Imperial Arsenal on the Golden Horn in Istanbul, to explore how reform processes were entangled with global capitalism. The Arsenal was a nexus where the global transformations of capitalism and Ottoman reform policies converged with the traditional and modern processes of labor coercion and migration. Drawing on an in-depth exploration of archival sources, Sefer traces the complicated relations between the working classes and the Ottoman state within this worksite and the neighbourhoods around it in Istanbul. Engaging with a wide array of scholarship in Ottoman and global history, this study brings new perspectives and questions on Ottoman modernity, highlighting the agency of working classes in both Ottoman and global history.
Akın Sefer is an Assistant Professor in the Core Program at Kadir Has University. Sefer's research focuses on late Ottoman history, labor, migration, and industrialization. He has contributed to articles in journals including the International Review of Social History, International Labor and Working-Class History, and the International Journal of Middle East Studies.
Introduction; Part I. A New Order: 1. Accumulating capital; 2. Binding workers; Part II. Modernizing Coercion: 3. Militarizing labor; 4. Mobilizing children; 5. The factory regime; Part III. The Class on the Move: 6. A working-class colony; 7. A working-class quarter; Epilogue: reform, or the order of capital; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-67407-2 / 1009674072 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-67407-2 / 9781009674072 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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