Ottoman East in the Nineteenth Century

Ali Sipahi holds a PhD in Anthropology and History from the University of Michigan. Yasar Tolga Cora is a PhD Candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago.Dzovinar Derderian is a PhD Candidate in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan.

• Introduction: Ottoman Historiography’s Black Hole. Ya?ar Tolga Cora, Dzovinar Derderian and Ali SipahiPART I: Trans-regional Connectivity: Borders, Immigrants and CosmopolitanismChapter 1: The Role of the Trabzon-Erzurum-Bayezid Road in Regional Politics and Ottoman Diplomacy, 1850s-1910s. Fulya ÖzkanChapter 2: The Political Economy of Armenian Migration from the Harput Region to North America in the Hamidian Era, 1885-1908. David GutmanChapter 3: A Provisional Republic in the Southwest Caucasus: Discourses of Self-Determination on the Ottoman-Caucasian Frontier, 1918-19. Alexander E. BalistreriPART II: Fluid Loyalties and IdentitiesChapter 4: Shaping Subjectivities and Contesting Power through the Image of ‘Kurds’, 1860s. Dzovinar DerderianChapter 5: Native Pastors or Missionaries? Tondrakians or Protestants? Conflicts between Different Group Identities in Khnus in the mid-19th Century. Ya?ar Tolga CoraChapter 6: ‘Devil Worshippers’ Encounter the State: ‘Heterodox’ Identities, State Building and the Politics of Imperial Integration in the Late Ottoman Empire. Edip Gölba??PART III: How Local is Politics, How Central is the State?Chapter 7: Periphery’s Center: Reform, Intermediation and Local Notables in Diyarbakir, 1845-55. U?ur Bahad?r BayraktarChapter 8: Complete Ruin of a District: The Sassoun Massacre of 1894. Mehmet PolatelChapter 9: Ottoman Armenians in the Second Constitutional Period: Expectations and Reservations. Ohannes K?l?çda??PART IV: Social History of Space: Land, Culture, PeopleChapter 10: Abandoned Villages in Diyabekir Province at the End of the Little Ice Age, 1800-50. Zozan PehlivanChapter 11: Suburbanization and Urban Duality in the Harput Area. Ali SipahiChapter 12: The Case of the Armenian Mirakyan Tribe of Dersim: Migration, Land Grabbing and Dissolution. Cihangir Gündo?du

'This is a very unique and valuable study on the nineteenth-century Ottoman East ... we learn about the local physical spaces, the local actors as they negotiate their identities and relations with the imperial state and, in doing so, shape their social and physical environment ... an excellent volume.' - Fatma Muge Gocek, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, 'An extraordinarily important project ... Ottoman studies has been growing exponentially in the last decade, and among the most important developments has been the study of regions and the integration of the histories of the various peoples of the empire into a broader Ottoman history. Left out to a large degree has been the complex histories of the eastern provinces, that is "historic Armenia," current-day Kurdistan. It was in this region where the international diplomatic struggles known as "the Eastern Question" or "Armenian Question" focused. It was here that the genocide of Armenians and Assyrians took place in 1915-6. Yet the background to those larger issues and events has not been adequately explored. This volume is the first serious investigation into the region and makes a significant contribution to our knowledge.' - Ronald Grigor Suny, Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History, University of Michigan