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- Title
A temporal analysis of wealth in eighteenth-century Ottoman Kastamonu.
- Authors
ERGENE, BOĞAÇ A.; KAYGUN, ATABEY; COŞGEL, METIN M.
- Abstract
This article studies temporal variations in wealth levels and distribution in an Ottoman context during the eighteenth century. By analysing the probate estate inventories of the Muslim deceased in Kastamonu, located in north-central Anatolia, we demonstrate that real wealth levels generally declined over the course of the century. Our analysis also suggests that the economic conditions of poor men, if not women, deteriorated more so than those of the rich, fuelling growing inequality. The article explores the factors that contributed to these trends and discusses the relevance of our findings for long-term economic development patterns in the region from a comparative perspective.
- Subjects
KASTAMONU (Turkey); TURKEY; POOR people; EQUALITY; TAX farming; WEALTH; TAXATION; ECONOMIC development; ESTATES (Law); EIGHTEENTH century; CHARTS, diagrams, etc.; ECONOMIC history; HISTORY
- Publication
Continuity & Change, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0268-4160
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S026841601300009X