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Slavery and abolition in the Ottoman Middle East /
In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. Nevertheless, slavery provided a means of social mobility, conferring status and political po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle, Washington ; London [England] :
University of Washington Press,
1998.
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| Colección: | Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. Nevertheless, slavery provided a means of social mobility, conferring status and political power within the military, the bureaucracy, or the domestic household and formed an essential part of patronage networks. Ehud R. Toledano's exploration of slavery from the Ottoman viewpoint is based on extensive research in British, French, and Turkish archives and offers rich, original, and important insights into Ottoman life and thought. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (200 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780295802428 0295802421 029597642X 9780295976426 |