Remembering Mehmet Genç (1934–2021), economic historian of the Ottoman Empire

In the questions Genç asked and in the answers he provided, the state has been at the center. Because the documents they work with come mostly if not entirely from the state archives and are prepared by the state, Ottoman historians have been rightfully criticized for being state-centric. [...]while...

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Published inNew perspectives on Turkey Vol. 65; pp. 3 - 5
Main Author Pamuk, Şevket
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2021
Subjects
Archives & records
Economic history
Economics
Empires
Historians
State budgets
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Summary:In the questions Genç asked and in the answers he provided, the state has been at the center. Because the documents they work with come mostly if not entirely from the state archives and are prepared by the state, Ottoman historians have been rightfully criticized for being state-centric. [...]while staying close to the documents of the state certainly has its drawbacks, looking at the state as Genç did in a large part of his work certainly had its advantages as well. [...]more than its power, the priorities Genç identified for the Ottoman state reflected the limits to the powers of the Ottoman state in economic matters, and more generally, they reflected the limits to the powers of other pre-industrial or pre-modern states, especially of states of large land-based empires.
ISSN:0896-6346
1305-3299
DOI:10.1017/npt.2021.25