Nineteenth-century local governance in Ottoman Bulgaria : politics in provincial councils /
M. Safa Saraçoğlu.
- xi, 199 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edinburgh studies on the Ottoman Empire .
- Edinburgh studies on the Ottoman Empire. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index.
This book provides a detailed exploration of the way in which administrative and judicial offices and practices provided an essential space for politics in 19th-century Bulgaria, securing local inhabitants' participation with Ottoman imperial governance. Combining a wealth of primary documents in both Bulgarian and Ottoman Turkish, this is the first systematic and comprehensive study of the connection between imperially-designed institutions and local politics --
9781474431002
2018288380
1288-1918
Local government--History--Bulgaria--19th century. Local government. Politics and government.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. Bulgaria--Politics and government--19th century. Bulgaria. Turkey.