Miners and the State in the Ottoman Empire : : The Zonguldak Coalfield, 1822-1920 / / Donald Quataert.
The story of the miners of Zonguldak presents a particularly graphic local lens through which to examine questions that have been of major concern to historians—most prominently, the development of the state, the emergence of capitalism, and the role of the working classes in these large processes....
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International Studies in Social History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction and Historiographical Essay
- 2 The Ottoman Coal Coast
- 3 Coal Miners at Work: Jobs, Recruitment, and Wages
- 4 “Like Slaves in Colonial Countries” Working Conditions in the Coalfield
- 5 Ties That Bind Village-Mine Relations
- 6 Military Duty and Mine Work: The Blurred Vocations of Ottoman Soldier-Workers
- 7 Methane, Rockfalls, and Other Disasters: Accidents at the Mines
- 8 Victims and Agents: Confronting Death and Safety in the Mines
- 9 Wartime in the Coalfield
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix on the Reporting of Accidents
- An Ottoman Miner’s Glossary
- Notes on Calendar System
- Bibliography
- Index