Feeding Istanbul : the political economy of urban provisioning

"How was Istanbul, once the capital of the Ottoman Empire and now the financial heart of contemporary Turkey, provisioned in the early 19th century? Tracing how the sovereign's duty to provision the city and protect his subjects from hunger was gradually transferred to the market and becam...

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Main Author Turkkan, Candan
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Leiden ; Boston Brill 2021
SeriesStudies in critical social sciences
Subjects
1800-2020
Ernährungspolitik
Ernährungssicherung
Food supply
Food supply > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 19th century
Großstadt
Istanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)
Istanbul (Turkey) > Economic conditions > 19th century
Istanbul (Turkey) > Politics and government > 19th century
Türkei
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ISBN9789004424517
9004424512
DOI10.1163/9789004424500

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Summary:"How was Istanbul, once the capital of the Ottoman Empire and now the financial heart of contemporary Turkey, provisioned in the early 19th century? Tracing how the sovereign's duty to provision the city and protect his subjects from hunger was gradually transferred to the market and became a responsibility of the subjects (later, citizens) alone, Feeding Istanbul makes a compelling case for situating food politics, and politics of urban provisioning in particular, at the centre of the way we think about the relationship between the sovereign and the political community."--
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index
ISBN:9789004424517
9004424512
DOI:10.1163/9789004424500