Miners and the State in the Ottoman Empire

Donald Quataert is Professor of History at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He specializes in Middle Eastern history and also teaches comparative labor history and global history. His many publications include Ottoman Manufacturing in the Age of the Industrial Revolution (Cambridge 1993); (with Halil Inalcik) An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1914 (Cambridge, 1994); The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1922, 2nd ed. (Cambridge, 2005).

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Acknowledgments



Chapter 1. Introduction and Historiographical Essay

Chapter 2. The Ottoman Coal Coast

Chapter 3. Coal Miners at Work: Jobs, Recruitment, and Wages

Chapter 4. “Like Slaves in Colonial Countries”: Working Conditions in the Coalfield

Chapter 5. Ties That Bind: Village-Mine Relations

Chapter 6. Military Duty and Mine Work: The Blurred Vocations of Ottoman Soldier-Workers

Chapter 7. Methane, Rockfalls, and Other Disasters: Accidents at the Mines

Chapter 8. Victims and Agents: Confronting Death and Safety in the Mines

Chapter 9. Wartime in the Coalfield

Chapter 10. Conclusion



Appendix on the Reporting of Accidents

An Ottoman Miner’s Glossary

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Calendar System



Bibliography

Index