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- Title
Investigating early modern Ottoman consumer culture in the light of Bursa probate inventories<sup>1</sup>.
- Authors
KARABABA, EMINEGÜL
- Abstract
This study investigates the development of early modern Ottoman consumer culture. In particular, the democratization of consumption, which is a significant indicator of the development of western consumer cultures, is examined in relation to Ottoman society. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century probate inventories of the town of Bursa combined with literary and official sources are used in order to identify democratization of consumption and the macro conditions shaping this development. Findings demonstrate that commercialization, international trade, urbanization which created a fluid social structure, and the ability of the state to negotiate with guilds were possible contextual specificities which encouraged the democratization of consumption in the Bursa context.
- Subjects
TURKEY; CONSUMPTION (Economics); DEMOCRATIZATION; COMMERCIAL products; SOCIAL history; PROBATE records; URBANIZATION; SOCIAL conditions in Turkey; OTTOMAN Empire
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2012, Vol 65, Issue 1, p194
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00574.x