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Agrarian, Commercial, and Maritime Change in the Southeastern Black Sea Region
Production, Ecology, and Institutions (1830s–1910s)
Series: - Brill's Studies in Maritime History, Volume: 18
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Economic historians have often examined the effects of the integration of the Ottoman Empire into the world markets with macro-level approaches. This book aims to scrutinize the effects of this transition to a capitalist economy through a micro-level approach instead, using micro-level data and microeconomics. It examines the structure of agricultural production and commerce by analyzing major crops and commercial institutions before assessing agrarian, commercial, and maritime changes at the micro-level. Utilizing recent developments in economic history, institutional economics, and ecological economics, it explores the causality behind these agrarian and commercial changes.
Ekin Mahmuzlu, Ph.D., Işık University (Istanbul), is Lecturer at the Humanities and Social Sciences Department of the same university. He has previously published book chapters and articles on maritime trade, including The Premodern Ottoman Navy and its Transformation and its Transformation during the Greek Revolution," in Greek and Shipping during the War of Independence (1821-1831).
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Maps, Figures, Graphs, and Tables
A Note on Units of Measurement
A Note on Geographical Names
1 Introduction
1 Main Question
2 Contributions
2 Geography and Commercial History of the Southeastern Black Sea Region (1829–1914)
1 Geography, Agriculture, and Commerce
2 Long-Term Trends in Commerce
3 Chapter Summary
3 Maritime Change (1829–1914)
1 The First Generation of Steamships (1836–1853)
2 The Second Generation of Steamships (1856–1879)
3 The Third Generation of Steamships (1879–1914)
4 Chapter Summary
4 Commercial Age of Change: Formation and Transformation of Long-Distance Markets
1 Imperfections in the Local Market
2 Formation of Long-Distance Markets (The Mid-1850s– Late 1860s)
3 Transformation of Long-Distance Markets (The Late 1880s–1910s)
4 Chapter Summary
5 Long-Distance Markets and Agricultural Change
1 The First Period of Agricultural Change: Tobacco and Haricot Beans (The Mid-1850s to Late 1860s)
2 The Second Period of Agricultural Change: Cereals, Tobacco, and Hazelnuts (1890s–1910s)
3 Chapter Summary
6 Agricultural Age of Change: Change in Production Processes
1 Ecology, Climate, and Technology
2 Changes in the Labor and Agricultural Calendars
3 Chapter Summary
7 Agricultural Age of Change: Growth (1880s–1910s)
1 Extensive Growth in Grains
2 Growth in Industrial Crops, Cash Crops, and Fruits
3 Chapter Summary
8 Conclusion
1 Geographical, Ecological, and Economic Premises
2 Areas for Further Research
Appendix 1: Merchants
Appendix 2: Photos
Appendix 3: Climate
Appendix 4: Tobacco Expedition of 1844–1847 310
Appendix 5: Long-term Prices (Durum/Hard Wheat) 326
Appendix 6: Long-Term Prices (Barley) 334
Appendix 7: Long-Term Prices (Maize) 342
Appendix 8: Long-Term Prices (Hazelnut) 350
Appendix 9: Long-Term Prices (Haricot Beans) 357
Appendix 10: Prices of Tobacco 364
Appendix 11: Population Statistics 366
Appendix 12: Various Agricultural Estimations 367
Appendix 13: Agricultural Estimations of Late-1880s and 1909 369
Bibliography 382
Acknowledgements
List of Maps, Figures, Graphs, and Tables
A Note on Units of Measurement
A Note on Geographical Names
1 Introduction
1 Main Question
2 Contributions
2 Geography and Commercial History of the Southeastern Black Sea Region (1829–1914)
1 Geography, Agriculture, and Commerce
2 Long-Term Trends in Commerce
3 Chapter Summary
3 Maritime Change (1829–1914)
1 The First Generation of Steamships (1836–1853)
2 The Second Generation of Steamships (1856–1879)
3 The Third Generation of Steamships (1879–1914)
4 Chapter Summary
4 Commercial Age of Change: Formation and Transformation of Long-Distance Markets
1 Imperfections in the Local Market
2 Formation of Long-Distance Markets (The Mid-1850s– Late 1860s)
3 Transformation of Long-Distance Markets (The Late 1880s–1910s)
4 Chapter Summary
5 Long-Distance Markets and Agricultural Change
1 The First Period of Agricultural Change: Tobacco and Haricot Beans (The Mid-1850s to Late 1860s)
2 The Second Period of Agricultural Change: Cereals, Tobacco, and Hazelnuts (1890s–1910s)
3 Chapter Summary
6 Agricultural Age of Change: Change in Production Processes
1 Ecology, Climate, and Technology
2 Changes in the Labor and Agricultural Calendars
3 Chapter Summary
7 Agricultural Age of Change: Growth (1880s–1910s)
1 Extensive Growth in Grains
2 Growth in Industrial Crops, Cash Crops, and Fruits
3 Chapter Summary
8 Conclusion
1 Geographical, Ecological, and Economic Premises
2 Areas for Further Research
Appendix 1: Merchants
Appendix 2: Photos
Appendix 3: Climate
Appendix 4: Tobacco Expedition of 1844–1847 310
Appendix 5: Long-term Prices (Durum/Hard Wheat) 326
Appendix 6: Long-Term Prices (Barley) 334
Appendix 7: Long-Term Prices (Maize) 342
Appendix 8: Long-Term Prices (Hazelnut) 350
Appendix 9: Long-Term Prices (Haricot Beans) 357
Appendix 10: Prices of Tobacco 364
Appendix 11: Population Statistics 366
Appendix 12: Various Agricultural Estimations 367
Appendix 13: Agricultural Estimations of Late-1880s and 1909 369
Bibliography 382
This volume will be of interest to maritime and economic historians specialising in the modern period and scholars studying the Southern Eastern Black Sea region.