TY - BOOK AU - Quataert,Donald TI - Miners and the State in the Ottoman Empire: The Zonguldak Coalfield, 1822-1920 T2 - International Studies in Social History SN - 9781845451349 AV - HD8039.M62 T96 2006 U1 - 331.7/62233409563 22 PY - 2006///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Coal mine accidents KW - Turkey KW - Zonguldak İli KW - History KW - Coal miners KW - Coal mines and mining KW - HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century KW - bisacsh KW - History (General), History: 18th/19th Century, History: 20th Century to Present, Sociology N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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. This book examines such major issues through the actual experiences of coal miners in the Ottoman Empire. The encounters of mine workers with state mining officials and private mine operators do not follow the expected patterns of labor-state-capital relations as predicted by the major explanatory paradigms of modernization or dependency. Indeed, as the author clearly shows, few of the outcomes are as predicted. The fate of these miners has much to offer both Ottoman and Middle East specialists as well as scholars of the developing world and, more generally, those interested in the connections between economic development and social and political change UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782387220?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782387220 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782387220/original ER -