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Colonial wars and trade restrictions: Fighting for exclusive trading rights
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract This paper develops a model of colonial wars and trade restrictions, in which two metropolises compete for control over a colony's trade policy. In equilibrium, the metropolis that gains control can improve its terms of trade by restricting its rival's access to colonial trade.
Ivan G. Lopez Cruz, Gustavo Torrens
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The Human Body as a Mirror in Ottoman Literature
Mukaddime, 2019 Recently, scholars of Islamic studies have become increasingly interested in the human body. Yet, the literary appearance of the body in different genres has not been studied in detail yet.
Ozgen Felek
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Preliminary thoughts upon the policies of the Ottoman State in the 16th century Indian Ocean [PDF]
, 2013 This article aims to sketch concisely about the relationships between the Ottomans and the Portuguese pertaining to the developments in the Indian Ocean in the first half of the 16th century. The purpose of the Portuguese Kingdom to establish hegemony in
Ozay, Mehmet
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Beyond Negated Identity: Mediating the World History Classroom through Adorno's Negative Dialectics
Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract This article centers on Adorno's negative dialectics to account for experiences of alienation and marginalization within the world history classroom. It begins with the problem of how marginalization occurs in high school world history classrooms with predominantly Black and Latinx students.
Tadashi Dozono
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How Did the Ottomans Become Ottoman?
Jama'a: an Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle East Studies, 2005 Many hypotheses have been proposed in scholarly literature about how and why a small political entity became the vast Ottoman Empire. This article suggests that one of the reasons for this success was in the marketing choice of the name Osman as the brand name for the emerging empire.
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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Bread and Empire: The Workings of Grain Provisioning in Istanbul During the Eighteenth Century [PDF]
Provisioning of the Imperial capital Istanbul had been one of the major concerns of the Ottoman rulers from the classical age to the dawn of the modern era.
Onur Yildirim
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Parliament membership during the single-party system in Turkey (1925-1945) [PDF]
, 2005 The official legitimization of the single-party regime in Turkey lay with Parliament, which, as a representative of the people, controlled the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. However, the parliamentary period after 1925 was highlighted by a
Kocak, Cemil, Koçak, Cemil
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'Thou glorious kingdome, thou chiefe of empires': Persia in seventeenth-century travel literature [PDF]
, 2009 Bringing together a range of little-considered materials, this article assesses the portrayal of Persia in seventeenth-century travel literature and drama.
Houston, Chloe
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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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