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Manufacturing and Technology Transfer in the Ottoman Empire, 1800-1914

Donald Quataert’s book on the transfer of new technologies and the importation of skilled workers fits into the larger question of how modernity was received in the Ottoman Empire.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61143-129-2
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Oct 28,2010
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 75
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-61143-129-2
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Donald Quataert’s Manufacturing and Technology Transfer in the Ottoman Empire, 1800-1914 explores how modern industrial techniques were introduced to Anatolia in the nineteenth century. Quataert, a leading Ottoman economic historian, deals with technical issues – such as how factories were physically transported to the Ottoman Empire – as well as theoretical issues, such as the role of diaspora and non-Muslim communities in technology transfer. Quataert divides his work to focus on overcoming obstacles to the new technologies, the movement of low-level technology, the transfer of factories and the special case of the silk-weaving industry.

Donald Quataert’s Manufacturing and Technology Transfer in the Ottoman Empire, 1800-1914 explores how modern industrial techniques were introduced to Anatolia in the nineteenth century. Quataert, a leading Ottoman economic historian, deals with technical issues – such as how factories were physically transported to the Ottoman Empire – as well as theoretical issues, such as the role of diaspora and non-Muslim communities in technology transfer. Quataert divides his work to focus on overcoming obstacles to the new technologies, the movement of low-level technology, the transfer of factories and the special case of the silk-weaving industry.

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  • TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 9)
  • PRESENTATION (page 10)
  • PREFACE (page 12)
  • I: THE CONTEXT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MECHANISMS AND OBSTACLES (page 17)
  • II: THE TRANSFER OF LOW-LEVEL TECHNOLOGY TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (page 31)
  • III: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND FACTORY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (page 43)
  • IV: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE SILK INDUSTRY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (page 57)
  • V: CONCLUDING REMARKS (page 73)
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