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The Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

Şevket Pamuk
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Something exceptional happened first in England and later in Northwestern Europe beginning in the second half of the eighteenth century. Institutions, state and the ability to achieve technological breakthroughs all need to be taken into account in any satisfactory explanation as to why and where the Industrial Revolution took place. This essay attempts to situate the Ottoman Empire in the eighteenth century. Until the 1780s, this century was a period of economic expansion for the Ottoman Empire but the empire was surely not in a position to achieve an Industrial Revolution of its own or even an extended period of technological change and productivity increases. The essay also argues that the explanation for this state of affairs should be searched not in any external intervention or impact but n i internal structures and dynamics. In short, social and economic forces for change remained weak while the Ottoman state was strong enough to defend a traditional order.

Type
Conference: European Miracle
Information
Itinerario , Volume 24 , Issue 3-4 , November 2000 , pp. 104 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 2000

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