Living the good life : : consumption in the Qing and Ottoman empires of the eighteenth century / / edited by Elif Akcetin, Suraiya Faroqhi.

• Superior document: Rulers & Elites : Comparative Studies in Governance, Volume 13
• TeilnehmendeR: Akçetin, Elif,; Faroqhi, Suraiya, 1941-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Rulers & elites ; Volume 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (591 pages) :; illustrations (some color), graphs, tables.

Eighteenth-century consumers of the Qing and Ottoman empires had access to an increasingly diverse array of goods, from home furnishings to fashionable clothes and new foodstuffs. While this tendency was of shorter duration and intensity in the Ottoman world, some urbanites of the sultans’ realm did enjoy silks, coffee, and Chinese porcelain. By contrast, a vibrant consumer culture flourished in Qing China, where many consumers flaunted their fur coats and indulged in gourmet dining. Living the Good Life explores how goods furthered the expansion of social networks, alliance-building between rulers and regional elites, and the expression of elite, urban, and gender identities. The scholarship in the present volume highlights the recently emerging “material turn” in Qing and Ottoman historiographies and provides a framework for future research. Contributors: Arif Bilgin, Michael G. Chang, Edhem Eldem, Colette Establet, Antonia Finnane, Selim Karahasanoglu, Lai Hui-min, Amanda Phillips, Hedda Reindl-Kiel, Martina Siebert, Su Te-Cheng, Joanna Waley-Cohen, Wang Dagang, Wu Jen-shu, Yıldız Yılmaz, and Yun Yan.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Elif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi -- Setting the Stage / Elif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi -- Elite Objects and Private Collections in Eighteenth-Century China: A Study of Chen Huizu’s Confiscated Goods / Yan Yun -- Ali Paşa and His Stuff: An Ottoman Household in Istanbul and Van / Amanda Phillips -- Cutting a Fine Figure among Pots and Pans: Aghas of the Sultan’s Harem in the Eighteenth Century / Yıldız Yılmaz -- Challenging the Paradigm of the Tulip Age: The Consumer Behavior of Nevşehirli Damad İbrahim Paşa and His Household / Selim Karahasanoğlu -- Furnishing the Home in Qing Yangzhou: A Case for Rethinking “Consumer Constraint” / Antonia Finnane -- A Preliminary Study of Local Consumption in the Qianlong Reign (1736–1796): The Case of Ba County in Sichuan Province / Jen-shu Wu and Dagang Wang -- Women, Wealth and Textiles in 1730s Bursa / Suraiya Faroqhi -- Consuming Luxurious and Exotic Goods in Damascus around 1700 / Colette Establet -- From Artichoke to Corn: New Fruits and Vegetables in the Istanbul Market (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries) / Arif Bilgin -- Food and China’s World of Goods in the Long Eighteenth Century / Joanna Waley-Cohen -- Of Feasts and Feudatories: The Politics of Commensal Consumption at the Early Kangxi Court / Michael G. Chang -- Brass Consumption in the Qing Empire / Hui-min Lai and Te-Cheng Su -- Consumption as Knowledge: Pawnbrokers in Qing China Appraise Furs / Elif Akçetin -- Consuming and Possessing Things on Paper: Examples from Late Imperial China’s Natural Studies / Martina Siebert -- Diamonds Are a Vizier’s Best Friends or: Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa’s Jewelry Assets / Hedda Reindl-Kiel -- Of Bricks and Tiles: The History of a Local Industry in the Area of Mürefte (Thrace) / Edhem Eldem -- Conclusion / Elif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi -- Chinese Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.