Ottoman and Republican Turkish Labour History: Volume 17

Examines Ottoman and republican Turkish social and labour history from the end of the nineteenth century to the early 1950s.

Touraj Atabaki (Edited by), Gavin Brockett (Edited by)

9780521128056, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 December 2009

200 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.29 kg

The articles in this supplement examine the social and labour history of that part of the Ottoman Empire that would later be incorporated into the new republic of Turkey, and the history of labour in republican Turkey itself. Covering the period between the end of the nineteenth century and the early 1950s, the volume brings together Ottoman and republican Turkish historiographies to demonstrate the many ways in which the social histories of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey intersect in the history of labour. It identifies those aspects of the historical experience that are distinct to the two polities, as well as those that show the continuities between them. The case studies included explore divisions in labour along the lines of geography, gender, ethnicity and religion.

Notes on contributors
1. Ottoman and republican Turkish labour history: an introduction Touraj Atabaki and Gavin D. Brockett
2. 'Ottoman Street' in America: Turkish leatherworkers in Peabody, Massachusetts ??il Acehan
3. Gendering Ottoman labour history: the Cibali Régie factory in the early twentieth century Gülhan Balsoy
4. Working in a fez factory in Istanbul in the late nineteenth century: division of labour and networks of migration formed along ethno-religious lines Mustafa Erdem Kabaday?
5. Vertical bazaars of modernity: Western department stores and their staff in Istanbul (1889–1921) Yavuz Köse
6. Compulsory mine work: the single-party regime and the Zonguldak coalfield as a site of contention, 1940–1947 Nur?en Gürbo?a
7. 'Our lives were not as valuable as an animal': workers in state-run industries in World War II Turkey Can Nacar
8. The dynamics of working-class politics in early republican Turkey: language, identity, and experience Yi?it Ak?n.

Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA], Social & cultural history [HBTB], General & world history [HBG], Communication studies [GTC]