Saracoglu, M. Safa,

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.


History.

JN9605 / .S37 2018

320.9/499/09034