Artisans of Empire : Crafts and Craftspeople Under the Ottomans (Paperback)

Acknowledgements Introduction Before the 1670s Before and after 1500: how artisan organization may have emerged in the Ottoman lands. 3. Services to the state. 4. Guildsmen of Istanbul and Cairo. 5. Provincial craftspeople and merchant networks. From the 1670s to the 1850s 6. Changes in Istanbul guilds. 7. Cairo: from military penetration of artisan guilds to the state monopolies of Mehmed Ali Pa?a. 8. The political role of craftsmen. 9. Provincial craftsmen: how guildsmen adapted to new circumstances. After 1850 10. From 1850 to 1914: a different state, a different economy and the disappearance of the guilds. 11. Conclusion. A note on transliteration